‘Hello,’ he said, intending a reproof. ‘Hello,’ said the boy. He had the ease of a creature never told it was a sinner from the womb.

The idea was that when faced with abundance one should consume abundantly – an idea that has survived to become the basis of our present economy. It is neither natural nor civilized, and even from a ‘practical’ point of view it is to the last degree brutalizing and stupid.

How does sound become corrupt? the Carillon asks. ‘In the time of dischord, worship only words. Greedy is the lingua. Greedy are the swords. ‘In the time of dischord, worship only talk. Devil in the music. Put the sound to work.’ What happens in the cities? the Carillon asks. ‘Sound becomes the weapon, sound becomes the gall, Sound becomes the scre