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Vivino involved in a strange game involving many of the arts. ,
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conducted by Oppiano Licario, dressed in yellow and white gymnast's attire;
this suggests to me the earthbound nature of the activities,, as does the
imagery of the serpent which springs to Cemi's mind ("Tuvo como la sensaci6n
de una nebulosa ... que se convertia en serpiente ...
"; 1.. 587). Earlier
in the novel, Lezama quotes Cicero's remark that "el siete es el ruido de
todo lo que existe" (1,464). This statement was not made in negative sen-
se in the original context (Lezama includes it in Fronesis' and Cemi's ex-
position of the Pythagorean number symbolism), but if we consider that the
lift-man admits that he has brought Cemi to Urbano Vicario "by mistake", we
can see that the lack of discrimination and the disorder of the totality
of creation prevent Cemf from seeing clearly, on the seventh floor. The
scene there is not for him:
[Oppiano Licario3 Golpe6 el tridngulo y mientras la onda
sonora se dilitaba, exclam6 como, una orden: Estilo sistAltico.
Al ritmo, se volvid crecedorv adquiri6 su crescendo.
El acorde6n de Madagascar, el flautin, el cangrejo lanza
llamas, el diseTfo caricaturescog el triAngulo de cobre, se
avivaron, parecian brillar y entreabrir carcajadas. Mar-
tincillo, Adalberto Kuller y Vivino, apresuraron sus movi-
mieýitos, como, aconsejados por una danza que inauguraba su
frenesi (1,, 588).
Most people progress no further than this chaos:
a Vicario lo vienen a ver muchas rrjäs gentes. Pero como me
equivocog, me fijo mucho mäs en las que vienen a ver a Lica-
rio. De esa manera, nadie de los que vienen a ver a Vicario
conor, e a Licario pero usted puede estar seguro de que todas
las visitas de Licario han oldo el nombre de Vicario (1,588).
This is the route which Cemi has followed through Foci6n and Fronesis and
to begin to learn true wisdom he must return to the ground floor, to the
number one, which symbolizes"la moneda" (1.462). or the treasure: "El sd? for
Licario parece que hay que subirlo de una mina" (I. 589)q he is warned.
In fact, Oppiano Licario is ready and waiting; Cemi "No tuvo ni que tocar