inclosing reserve, n.All

The Inclosing reserve (n.) does ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not shut itself up with something; it shuts itself up within itself — unfreedom making itself its own prisoner.

The Inclosing reserve (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠involuntary disclosure: the slightest touch or passing glance sets off its ventriloquism — like the madman who points at another and says, 'He is most disagreeable to me; he is no doubt insane.'

The Inclosing reserve (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠endless dodges: it wishes disclosure would happen to it from outside, wills it but keeps a residue to start over, wills it incognito, or at the last moment turns the disclosure itself into a mystification — and wins.

The Inclosing reserve (n.) once ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠consolidated takes two essential forms: the quiet form of madness, or the form of guilt.