Individual Reading - Part 5

The death came to Strickland with the name of leprosy. After the news of his infection he wanted to go deeper to the jungle of Tahiti, but Ata didn’t want to let him go. They just continued to live as a couple, with the full isolation from the society and local people. Even after the blindness, which was caused by the final stage of his leprosy? Nevertheless, he had continued his working progress, painting and writing on the walls of his house. Only the doctor of Strickland, who actually came to that place too late (Charles was already dead) could see this on - wall painting. And he was extremely devastated by this work – so miraculous and marvelous was this painting, full of world’s grace and sense of whole humanity – the work of the man, who could transform the thought of the Universe to the Art Form and did it with such greatness and blessing light. Charles could escape from the prison of this damned creature, which gave him this bless and this curse, but his last words were connected with his final wish- to burn this house and Ata couldn’t disagree with her husband. After the return back to London the narrator decided to visit Miss Strickland.  She was in a good material status, after the death of her sister and forgot about previous years of life in the house, which was full of her husband’s paintings. During the conversation with her, the narrator remember young son of Ata and James – and maybe the spirit of a furious genius of his father and the splendid pure calmness of his mother would reunite in this boy and the story about another Master would be risen Who knows.