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Well, I say that, and say it, and say it, till it goes itself, and then I begin at two, and say two and three is no, are five, and on round to the nine, only this time I take in the one at the other end. Understand?
He asked me yesterday and to-day he had a contract for me and a cheque in advance. He is a very horrid little man but so decent!" "When does it begin?" "The engagement? Next week. What plans have you?" "A few that have been made for me. Presently we sail." "For France?" "For France." It was cooler now, at least her face was, and she got up and switched the light.
Now to begin our talk, tell me, don't you consider that if you had spent your strength of will, this strained activity, all these powers on something else, for instance, on gradually becoming a great scientist, or artist, your life would have been broader and deeper and would have been more productive?"
I don't mean that you may not recognise superiorities in your friend, and he in you; but they must not come into the question of affection. Love makes equal, and when there is a real sense of equality, love can begin." "But," I said, "the passion of lovers isn't that all based on the worship of something infinitely superior to oneself?"
He is quite alone up there; for, though he has hosts of friends, this is a time when friends would have to be very intimate to be admitted; and though he seemed so boyish and easy to know, I begin to doubt whether any of us knew the real Garth the soul of the man, deep down beneath the surface." Jane lifted her head. "I did," she said simply. "Ah," said the doctor, "I see.
Upon the whole, if our Antiquarian Society, after having exhausted the cathedrals of their own country, should ever think of perpetuating the principal ecclesiastical edifices of Normandy, by means of the art of engraving, let them begin their labors with the Abbey aux Dames at Caen. By special arrangement with, and by permission of, the publishers, Henry Holt & Co.
As to how to begin, whether "Sir" or "Madam," or "Dear Sir" or "Dear Madam," everyone may please herself, only taking note that the "Dear" should be omitted when any special reason exists for being distant and formal. Not, however, that the word when used in a business letter has anything of an affectionate meaning.
"Ah! oh!" said Reginald, "I forgot that. You met him in London? To be sure, and it was there you met Miss Beecham. I begin to see. Is he coming here after her, I should like to know? She doesn't look the sort of girl to encourage that sort of thing." "The sort of girl to encourage that sort of thing! How strangely you talk when you get excited: isn't that rather vulgar?
This is the sort of thing for him, not to copy, but to look at for a minute or two now and again. It will show him nothing about painting, but it may serve to teach him not to overtax his strength, and will prove to him that the greatest masters in painting, as in everything else, begin by doing work which is no way superior to that of their neighbours.
"It doesn't matter," he said; "for while I sat here I had time to think over what I wish to say to you, and to make up my mind how to begin." "Oh, do begin!" murmured Mrs. Montgomery. "It is not so easy," said the Doctor, smiling. "You will have gathered from my letter that I wish to ask you a few questions, and you may not find it very comfortable to answer them."
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