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THE AUTHOR'S PURPOSE trilogy which began with The Octopus and The Pit, and which poor Norris did not live to round out with The Wolf. Or, again, the controlling purpose of a work may not be born until the structure has risen some distance toward completion and the author suddenly discovers that he is building better than he knew. But when this happens he must look carefully to his [85]