"But those who filled in the grates and dusted the furniture and swept the floors stayed on, as they had stayed on before, because they seldom paid any attention to, or possibly didn’t even know, who their Lord was, and, in any case, were too useful and knew where the brooms were kept. Men come and go, but dust accumulates. And it was the morning of a new day, which looked, seen from below, quite like the old ones. (p. 355)"
January 1, 1970