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Updated: June 15, 2025
Aberdeen, without speaking, fetched a pair of Rickie's socks and a pair of Rickie's shoes. "Thank you; ah, thank you. I am sure Mr. Elliot would allow it." Then he said in French to his sister, "Has there been the slightest sign of Frederick?" "Now, do call him Rickie, and talk English. I found him here. He had forgotten about us, and was very sorry.
"Did she really?" "My sister-in-law was a dear. You will have heard Rickie's praises, but now you must hear mine. I never knew a woman who was so unselfish and yet had such capacities for life." "Does one generally exclude the other?" asked Rickie. "Unselfish people, as a rule, are deathly dull. They have no colour. They think of other people because it is easier.
The thought of two ladies waiting lunch did not deter him; stupid women, why shouldn't they wait? Why should they interfere with their betters? With his ear on the ground he listened to Rickie's departing steps, and thought, "He wastes a lot of time keeping engagements. Why will he be pleasant to fools?" And then he thought, "Why has he turned so unhappy?
Formulae, like kindly traps, were not in Rickie's line, so he abandoned these subjects altogether and confined himself to working hard at what was easy. In the house he did as Herbert did, and referred all doubtful subjects to him. In his form, oddly enough, he became a martinet. It is so much simpler to be severe. He grasped the school regulations, and insisted on prompt obedience to them.
"I am sorry I have to say 'No, thank you'; it's so much nicer to say, 'Yes, please." He laid his hand on the young man's sleeve, and added, "Well, the interview's not been so alarming after all, has it?" "I don't think that either of us is a very alarming person," was not Rickie's reply. It was what he thought out afterwards in the omnibus. His reply was "Ow," delivered with a slight giggle.
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