plying thatthousands have been squandered, though, to do him justice, the actualamount is most probably one-and-twopence. Also, if I see aright--forit is always twilight in this land of memories--he sticks an eyeglassin his eye and stumbles over everything.
His female relations, much Juventus Barn troubled at these things, Scarpe Nike Free 4.0 Donna pray for him(bless their gentle hearts!) and see Chicago Bears Tröjor visions of Old Bailey trials andhalters as the only possible outcome of such reckless dissipation; andthe prediction of his first school-master, that he would come to a badend, assumes the David Silva Tröja proportions of inspired prophecy.
He has a lordly contempt at this age for the other sex, a blatantlygood opinion of himself, and a sociably patronizing manner toward allthe elderly male friends of the family. Altogether, it must beconfessed, he is somewhat of a nuisance about this time.
It does not last long, though. He falls in love in a little while,and that soon takes the bounce out of him. I notice his boots aremuch too small for him now, and his hair is fearfully and wonderfullyarranged. He Kroatia Drakt Barn reads poetry more than he used, and he keeps a rhymingdictionary in his bedroom. Every morning Emily Jane finds scraps oftorn-up paper on the floor and reads thereon of "cruel hearts andlove's deep darts," of "beauteous eyes and lovers' sighs," and muchmore of the old, old song that lads so love to sing and lassies loveto listen to while giving their dainty heads a toss and pretendingnever to hear.
The course of love, however, seems not to have run smoothly, for lateron he takes more walking Scarpe Nike Air Max 90 Sneakerboot Uomo exercise and less sleep, poor boy, than isgood for him; and his face is suggestive of anything but wedding-bellsand happiness ever after.
And here he seems to vanish. The Montreal Canadiens Drakter little, boyish self that has grownup beside me as we walked is gone.
I am alone and the road is very dark. I stumble on, I know not hownor care, for the way seems leading nowhere, and there is no light toguide.
But at last the morning comes, and I find that I have grown intomyself.
The End |
