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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    5:46 pm
    @@@@@I am returned to Mansfield in a less
    @@@@@I am returned to Mansfield in a
    less assured state that when I left itMy hopes are much weakerYou
    are probably aware of this alreadySo very fond of you as Miss
    Crawford is, it is most natural that she should tell you enough of
    her own feelings to furnish a tolerable guess at mineI will not be
    prevented, however, from making my own communicationOur
    confidences in you need not clashThere is something
    soothing in the idea that we have the same friend, and that
    whatever unhappy differences of opinion may exist between us, we
    are united in our love of youIt will be a comfort to me to tell you
    how things now are, and what are my present plans, if plans I can be
    said to haveI have been returned since SaturdayI was three weeks
    in London, and saw her (for London) very oftenI had every attention
    from the Frasers that could be reasonably expectedI dare say I
    was not reasonable in carrying with me hopes of an intercourse at
    all like that of MansfieldIt was her manner, however, rather than
    any unfrequency of meetingHad she been different when I did see
    her, I should have made no complaint, but from the very first she
    369
    Jane Austen
    was altered: my first reception was so unlike what I had hoped, that
    I had almost resolved on leaving London again directlyI need not
    particulariseYou know the weak side of her character, and may
    imagine the sentiments and expressions which were torturing me
    She was in high spirits, and surrounded by those who were giving
    all the support of their own bad sense to her too lively mindShe is a cold-hearted, vain woman, who has
    married entirely from convenience, and though evidently unhappy
    in her marriage, places her disappointment not to faults of judgment,
    or temper, or disproportion of age, but to her being, after all,
    less affluent than many of her acquaintance, especially than her sister,
    Lady Stornaway, and is the determined supporter of everything
    mercenary and ambitious, provided it be only mercenary and ambitious
    enoughI look upon her intimacy with those two sisters as the
    greatest misfortune of her life and mineThey have been leading
    her astray for yearsCould she be detached from them!—and sometimes
    I do not despair of it, for the affection appears to me principally
    on their sideThey are very fond of her; but I am sure she does
    not love them as she loves youWhen I think of her great attachment
    to you, indeed, and the whole of her judicious, upright conduct
    as a sister, she appears a very different creature, capable of everything
    noble, and I am ready to blame myself for a too harsh
    construction of a playful mannerI cannot give her up, FannyShe
    is the only woman in the world whom I could ever think of as a
    wi
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
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    “Now, you slow down, Alex,” said StJacques, his breathing audible
    “There’s no time, JohnnyCarlos has an army—his army—of old men who’ll die for him, kill
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    “Somehow, yes! I’ll call my people over thereBoth those kelly bag hermes pieces of garbage will be thrown into
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    “Hurry, John!”
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    StJacques pressed down the small bar of the old telephone, released it, and heard the foreverpulsating
    dial toneHe spun the numbers for the inn on Tranquility Isle
    “We are sorry,” said the recorded voice“Due to weather conditions the lines are down to the
    area you are callingGovernment is chloe paddington working very hard to restore communicationsPlease try your
    call laterJacques slammed the phone down with such force that he broke it in two“A boat!” he
    screamed“Get me a drug boat!”
    “You’re crazy,” objected the aide to the Crown governor across the room“In these swells?”
    “A sea streak, Henry!” said the devoted brother, reaching into his belt and slowly pulling out Chanel Bracelets an
    automatic“Or I’ll be forced to do something I don’t even want to think about, but I’ll get a boat
    “I simply can’t believe this, chap
    “Neither can I, Henry
    Jean Pierre Fontaine’s nurse sat at her dressing table in front of the mirror and adjusted her
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    “There is an American attorney who calls himself a judge staying near you
    “I know of no such person, monseigneur
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    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    5:52 pm
    @@@@@Cat must be playing hide seekScarlett
    @@@@@Cat must be playing hide
    seekScarlett pretended to suspect nothingShe closed the door =
    hind her, dropped her shawl on a chair, then looked around"Nappy
    New
    Year, The O'hara," said the Earl of Fenton is it Marie Antoinette?
    Is this the peasant costume all the best makers in London are
    creating for costume balls this year?" he on the landing of the
    staircaseScarlett stared up at himOh, why had he
    caher looking this way? It wasn't what she'd planned at allLuke was back, and so soon, and she no longer felt tired
    all
    "Nappy New Year," she saidFenton stepped to one side,
    and Scarlett saw Cat on the behind himBoth Cat's arms were held up
    for her two hands steady the gleaming jewelled tiara on her tousled
    headShe - down the steps to Scarlett, her green eyes laughing, her
    twitching to keep from grinningBehind her trailed a long, slash of
    color, a crimson velvet robe bordered with a wide band ermine"Cat's
    wearing your regalia, Countess," Luke said"I've to arrange our
    marriage Scarlett's knees gave way and she sat on the marble floor
    circle of red, with green and blue petticoats spilling from beneatú
    flicker of anger mixed with her shocked thrill of triumphIt took all the fun out of everytl 7 "It
    seems our surprise was a success, Cat," said Lukehe untied the
    heavy
    silk cords at her neck and took the tiara from her handsI have to talk to your mother
    "Can I open my box?"
    "Yes Cat looked at Scarlett, smiled, then ran
    giggling up the stairsLuke gathered the robe over his left arm, held
    the tiara in his left hand, and walked down to stand near Scarlett with
    his right hand reaching down to herhe looked very tall, very big,
    his eyes very darkShe gave him her hand, and he lifted her to her
    feet"We'll go into the library," said Fen
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
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    “Help me!” I shrieked“Somebody! Help!”
    CHAPTER 33
    Doubted
    Another splashKyle's weight tortured my arms
    “Wanda? Wanda!”
    “Help me! Kyle! The floor! Help!”
    I had my face pressed against the stone, my eyes toward the cave entranceThe light was bright
    overhead as the day dawned
    “Wanda! Where are you?”
    Ian leaped through the door, the black chanel tote rifle in his hands, held low and readyHis face was the angry
    mask his brother had worn
    “Watch out!” I screamed at him“The floor is breaking up! I can't hold him much longer!”
    It took him two long seconds to process the scene that was so different from the one he'd been
    expecting–Kyle, trying to kill meThe scene that had been, just chanel watch j12 seconds ago
    Then he threw the gun to the cave floor and started toward me with a long stride
    “Get down–disperse your weight!”
    He dropped to all fours and scuttled to me, his eyes burning in the light of dawn
    “Don't let go,” he cautioned
    He assessed for another second, and then slid his body behind mine, pushing me closer to the
    rockHis arms wallet vuitton were longer than mineEven with me in the way, he was able to get his hands
    around his brother
    “One, two, three,” he grunted
    He pulled Kyle up against the rock, much more securely than I'd had himThe movement
    smashed my face into the pillarThe bad side, though–it couldn't get much more scarred at this
    point
    “I'm going to pull him to gucci fabric this sideCan you squeeze out?”
    “I'll try
    I loosened my hold on Kyle, feeling my shoulders ache in relief, making sure Ian had himThen
    I wriggled out from between Ian and the rock, careful not to put myself on a dangerous section
    of the floorI crawled backward a few feet toward the door, ready to make a grab for Ian if he
    started gucci men's watch slippin
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    5:46 pm
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    Jesse holds him off, laughingLittle ole wildcat, ain't ya? Well, you got to wait ten years 'fore you can whop your pa
    That deer were mine
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    The tears freeze in the boy's eyes and witherHe is thinking that if he hadn't trembled he would have shot the deer first

    "Yes, sir," Jesse Croft said, "they wa'n' a thing my Sam could stand to have ya beat him inWhen he was 'bout twelve, they was a fool kid down at Harper who used to give Sam a lickin' (Scratching the back of his gray scraggly hair, his hat in his hand "That gucci ladies watch kid would lick Sam every day, and Sam would go back and pick a fight the next dayAh'll tell ya, he ended up by whoppin' the piss out of that kid
    "And then when he was older, about seventeen maybe, he used to be bustin' horses down to the fair in August, and he was known to be 'bout the best rider in the countyThen one time a fella all the way from Denison came down and beat him omega seamaster watch in a reg'lar competition with judges and allI 'member Sam was so mad he wouldn't talk to no one for two days
    "He got good stock in him," Jesse Croft declared to his neighbors"We was one of the first folks to push in here, must be sixty years ago, and they was Crofts in Texas over a hunnerd years agoAh'd guess some of them had that same meanness that Sam's gotMaybe it was what ladies omega constellation made 'em push down here

    Deer hunting and fighting and busting horses at the fair make up in hours a total of perhaps ten days a yearThere are the other things, the long flat sweeps of the terrain, the hills in the distance, the endless meals in the big kitchen with his parents and brothers and the ranch foremen
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    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    5:46 pm
    @@@@@"Is there something I can do for you? If I
    @@@@@"Is there something I
    can do for you? If I was planning to go to Jonesboro, that is
    "Oh, Will, you are a dear, sweet thingI'd so much rather stay with
    Mammy, yet still I really need to let Rhett know about herShe's
    asking for him, and he's always been so fond of her, he'd never forgive
    himself if he let her down She fiddled with the horse's mane"He's
    in Charleston on family business; his mother can barely draw breath
    without asking Rhett's advice
    Scarlett looked up, saw Will's expressionless face, then looked away
    She began to braid pieces of the mane, staring at her work as if it
    were of vital importance"So if you'll just send a telegram, I'll
    give you the addressAnd you'd better make it from you, Will
    Rhett knows how I adore MammyHe's liable to think I was
    exaggerating
    how sick she is She lifted her head and smiled brilliantly"He
    thinks I haven't any more sense than a June bug
    Will knew that was the biggest lie of all"I think you're right," ú
    he said slowly"Rhett should come as soon as he canI'll ride over
    right away; horseback's quicker than a rig Scarlett's hands
    relaxed
    "Thank you," she said"I have the address in my pocket
    ú "I'll be back in time for dinner," said WillHe lifted the saddle
    down from its standScarlett helped him with itShe felt full of
    ener
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    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    154
    “Good show, Samuel Bourne stared briefly, his eyes penetrating, at the fourth man“But I
    should like to thank each of you personally Jason went down the line
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    “You mistake me for someone else, sir,” mumbled the fourth priest, his dark eyes for an instant
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    “I don’t make mistakes, your friend knows thatI’ll find you, SamuelMaybe not today, but
    surely tomorrow or the day after that Bourne raised his voice as he released the cleric’s hand
    “Again, the government’s profound cartier santos watch thanks, FathersThe Crown is most gratefulAnd now I must
    be on my way; a dozen telephone calls should be answeredJacques?”
    “Yes, of course, General
    Inside the office, Jason took out his automatic and tore off the uniform as he separated the pile
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    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
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    "You choked me," she said in a voice I could
    barely hear
    I stopped doing crunches and gaped at herThe
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    it on"What are you saying, I choked you? I never
    choked you!"
    18
    "I know you don't remember, but you didAnd
    you're not the sameSave the New Age bullshit for the" I knew the word and I
    could rolex daytona cosmograph see the man it stood for, but it wouldn't
    come"For that bald fuck you see in his office
    "My therapist," she said, and of course that made
    me angrier: she had the word and I didn'tBecause
    her brain hadn't been shaken like Jell-O
    "You want a divorce, you can have a divorceThrow
    it all away, why not? Only go do the alligator
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    looking backAnd it wasn't until she was gone
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    iii
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    still up, and never take a partner you wouldn't be
    willing to embrace naked on a waterbed
    I did have an accountant I trusted, however, chanel white bag and
    it was Tom Riley who helped me move the few things
    I needed from Mendota Heights to our smaller place
    on Lake PhalenTom, a sad two-time loser in the
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    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    5:54 pm
    @@@@@ “When?” “Why do you want to
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    “When?”
    “Why do you want to know?”
    “Because if you're going through with that, then I have to be there
    “When?” I asked again
    “Then I'll take myselfI know I'll be able to walk as soon as my head stops spinning
    “You would, wouldn't you?”
    “YesIt's not fair if you don't let me speakHe dropped my hand and straightened slowly to his feetI could hear his joints pop
    as he stoodHow long had he been sitting in the dark, waiting for me to wake? “I'll be back
    soonYou might not be hungry, but I'm starving
    “You had a long night
    “If it gets light, I won't sit here waiting for you
    He chuckled without humor“I'm sure that's trueSo I'll be back before that, and I will help you
    get where you're going
    He leaned one of the doors away from the entrance to his cave, stepped around it, and then let
    it fall back into placeThat might be hard to do on one legI hoped Ian truly was
    coming back
    While I waited for him, I stared up at the two stars I could see and let my head slowly become
    stationaryI really didn't like human drugsMy body hurt, but the lurching in my head was
    worse
    Time passed slowly, but I didn't fall asleepI'd been sleeping most of the last twenty-four hours
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    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    5:46 pm
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    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    5:46 pm
    @@@@@Later she sat at her desk with all
    @@@@@Later she sat at her desk with all her
    legal records neatly stacked in front of herIt was going to be even
    harder to keep her promise to Melly than she'd expected
    Clothing and household goods weren't nearly enoughAshley wouldn't
    lift a finger to help himselfShe was going to have to make him
    successful whether he cooperated or notShe'd promised Melanie
    And she couldn't bear to see the business she had built go under
    Scarlett made a list of her assetsThe store, building and trade
    It produced nearly a hundred a month in profits, but that would almost
    certainly go down some ú when the Panic got to Atlanta and people
    had
    no money to spendShe made a note to order more cheap goods and
    stop
    replacing luxury items like wide velvet ribbonThe saloon on her lot
    near the depotShe didn't actually own it, she leased the land and
    building to the man who did, for thirty dollars a monthPeople would
    likely be drinking more than ever ú when times got hard, maybe she
    should raise the rentBut a few more dollars a month wouldn't be
    enough to bail out AshleyShe needed real moneyThe gold in her
    safe boxShe had real money, more than twenty-five thousand
    dollars
    of real moneyShe was a wealthy woman in her own right by most
    people's reckoningShe still didn't feel safeI
    could buy the business back from Ashley, she thought, and for a
    moment
    her mind hummed with excitement, with possibilities
    That wouldn't solve anything
    Ashley was such a fool he'd insist on taking only what he could get on
    the open market, and that was hardly anythingThen, when she
    made a
    success of the business he'd feel like more of a failure than ever
    No, no matter how much she would love to get her hands on that
    lumberyard and the sawmills, she had to make Ashley successful at it
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    5:59 pm
    @@@@@Mon Dieu, he never would have chosen
    @@@@@Mon Dieu, he never would have chosen it
    otherwise
    “I won’t! I have to find himWhere is he?”
    “You will leave or you may find only his corpseThere’s a message for you in the Paris
    Tribune—”
    “It’s in my purse‘Memom—’ ”
    “Call in several hours
    “You can’t do this to me
    “You cannot do this to himYou’ll kill him! Get out of hereNow!”
    Her eyes half blinded with fury and fear and tears, Marie started toward the left side of the
    lobby, desperately wanting to look back, but just as desperately knowing she could not do soShe
    reached the narrow set of glass double doors, colliding with a uniformed bellhop carrying suitcases
    inside
    “Pardon, madame!”
    “Moi aussi,” she stammered, maneuvering again blindly around the luggage and out to the
    pavementWhat could she do—what should she do? David was somewhere in the hotel—in the
    hotel! And a strange man recognized her and warned her and told her to get out—get away! What
    was happening? My God, someone’s trying to kill David! The old Frenchman had said as
    much—who was itwho were they? Where were they?
    Help me! For God’s sake, Jason, tell me what to dohelp me! She stood,
    frozen, as taxis and limousines broke off from the noonday traffic and pulled up to the Meurice’s
    curb, where a gold-braided doorman under the huge canopy greeted newcomers and old faces and
    sent bellboys scurrying in all directionsA large black limousine with a small discreet religious
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    286
    insignia on its passenger door, the cruciform standard of some high office of the Church, inched its
    way to the canopied areaMarie stared at the small emblem; it was circular and no more than six
    inches in diameter, a globe of royal purple surrounding an elongated crucifix of goldShe winced
    and held her breath; her panic now had a disturbing new dimensionShe had seen that insignia
    before, and all she remembered was that it had filled her with horror
    The limousine stopped; both curbside doors were opened by the smiling, bowing doorman as
    five priests emerged, one from the front seat, four from the spacious rear sectionThose from the
    back immediately, oddly, threaded their way into the noonday crowds of strollers on the pavement,
    two forward in front of the vehicle, two behind it, one of the priests whipping past Marie, his black
    coat making contact with her, his face so close she could see the blazing unpriestly eyes of a man
    who was no part of a religious orderThen the association with the emblem, the religious
    insignia, came back to her!
    Years ago, when David—when Jason—was in maximum therapy with Panov, Mo had him
    sketch, draw, doodle whatever images came to himTime and again that terrible circle with the thin
    crucifix appeared invariably torn apart or stabbed repeatedly with the pencil pointThe Jackal!
    Suddenly, Marie’s eyes were drawn to a figure crossing the rue de Rivoli
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    5:53 pm
    @@@@@Kamen, of course, he was impossible to
    @@@@@Kamen, of course, he was impossible
    to missand Kathi by his sideThey had all
    come, everyone but Wireman and Jack, and I was
    beginning to wonder if something had happened to
    keep them awayBut for the moment that seemed
    secondaryI thought of waking up in my hospital
    bed, confused and separated from everything by
    unremitting pain, then I looked around at this and
    wondered how things could possibly have changed so
    completelyAll these people had come back into my
    life for one nightI didn't want to cry, but I
    was pretty sure I was going to; I could feel
    myself starting to dissolve like a tissue in a
    cloudburst
    "Open it, Daddy!" Ilse saidI could smell her
    perfume, something sweet and fresh
    696
    "Open it! Open it!" Good-natured voices from the
    packed circle watching usPulled out some white tissue
    paper and uncovered what I had expected
    although I had expected something jokey, and this
    was no jokeThe beret Melinda and Ric had brought
    me from France was dark red velvet, and smooth as
    silk to the touchIt had not come cheap
    "This is too nice," I said
    "No, Daddy," Melinda saidWe
    only hope it fits
    I took it out of the box and held it upThe
    audienced ohh-ed appreciativelyMelinda and Ric
    looked at each other happily, and Pam - who felt
    Lin somehow never got her proper share of
    affection or approval from me (and she was
    probably right) - gave me a look that was
    positively radiantThen I put the beret onIt
    was a perfect fitMelinda reached up, made one
    tiny adjustment, faced the watching audience,
    turned her palms outward to me, and said: "Voici
    mon pere, ce magnifique artiste!" They burst into
    applause and cries of Bravo! Ilse kissed meShe
    was crying and laughingI remember the white
    697
    vulnerability of her neck and the feel of her lips,
    just above my j
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    5:51 pm
    @@@@@Everyone has living expenses, the need for
    @@@@@Everyone has living expenses, the need for food, shelter and clothing
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    The reason I started with the story of the richest men in America is to illustrate the flaw in the thinking of so many peopleThe flaw is that money will solve all problemsThat is why I cringe whenever 1 hear people ask me how to get rich quicker Or where do they start? I often hear, "I'm in debt so I need lo make more money
    But more money will often not solve the problem; in fact, it may actually accelerate the problemMoney often makes obvious our tragic human flaws Money often puts a spotlight on what we do not knowThat is why, all too often, a person who comes into a sudden windfall of cash-let's say an inheritance, a pay raise or lottery winnings-soon returns to the same financial mess, if not worse than the mess they were in before they received the money Money only accentuates the cash flow pattern running in your head If your pattern is to spend everything you get, most likely an increase in cash will just result in an increase in spendingThus, the saying, "A fool and his money is one big party," I have said many times that we go to school to gain scholastic skills and professional skills, both importantWe learn to make money with our professional skillsIn the 1960s, when I was in high school, if someone did well in school academically, almost immediately people assumed this bright student would go on to be a medical doctor Often no one asked the child if they wanted to be a doctor It was the profession with the promise of the greatest financial reward
    Today, doctors are facing financial challenges I would not wish on my worst enemy; insurance companies taking control of the business, managed health care, government intervention, and malpractice suits, to name a fewToday, kids want to be basketball stars, golfers like Tiger Woods, computer nerds, movie stare, rock stars, beauty queens, or traders on Wall Street Simply because that is where the fame, money and prestige isThat is the reason it is so hard to motivate kids in school todayThey know that professional success is no longer solely linked to academic success, as it once was
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    Friday, December 17th, 2010
    5:51 pm
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    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
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    Friday, December 10th, 2010
    5:58 pm
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    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
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    Monday, December 6th, 2010
    6:14 pm
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    For the present the danger was over, and Fanny’s sick feelings subsided;
    but when tea was soon afterwards brought in, and Sir Thomas,
    getting up, said that he found that he could not be any longer
    in the house without just looking into his own dear room, every
    agitation was returningHe was gone before anything had been said
    to prepare him for the change he must find there; and a pause of
    alarm followed his disappearanceEdmund was the first to speak—
    “Something must be done,” said he
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    Mansfield Park
    “It is time to think of our visitors,” said Maria, still feeling her
    hand pressed to Henry Crawford’s heart, and caring little for anything
    else“Where did you leave Miss Crawford, Fanny?”
    Fanny told of their departure, and delivered their message
    “Then poor Yates is all alone,” cried Tom“I will go and fetch himHe
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    To the theatre he went, and reached it just in time to witness the
    first meeting of his father and his friendSir Thomas had been a
    good deal surprised to find candles burning in his room; and on
    casting his eye round it, to see other symptoms of recent habitation
    and a general air of confusion in the furnitureThe removal of the
    bookcase from before the billiard-room door struck him especially,
    but he had scarcely more than time to feel astonished at all this,
    before there were sounds from the billiard-room to astonish him
    still fartherSome one was talking there in a very loud accent; he
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    of immediate communication, and, opening it, found himself on
    the stage of a theatre, and opposed to a ranting young man, who
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    best start he had ever given in the whole course of his rehearsals,
    Tom Bertram entered at the other end of the room; and never had
    he found greater difficulty in keeping his countenanceHis father’s
    looks of solemnity and amazement on this his first appearance on
    any stage, and the gradual metamorphosis of the impassioned Baron
    Wildenheim into the well-bred and easy MrYates, making his bow
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    piece of true acting, as he would not have lost upon any accountIt
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    but he was sure there could not be a finerThe house would close
    with the greatest eclat
    There was little time, however, for the indulgence of any images
    of merrimentIt was necessary for him to step forward, too, and
    assist the introduction, and with many awkward sensations he did
    his bestSir Thomas received MrYates with all the appearance of
    cordiality which was due to his own character, but was really as far
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    from pleased with the necessity of the acquaintance as with the manner
    of its commencementYates’s family and connexions were
    sufficiently known to him to render his introduction as the “particular
    friend,” another of the hundred particular friends of his son,
    exceedingly unwelcome; and it needed all the felicity of being again
    at home, and all the forbearance it could supply, to save Sir Thomas
    from anger on finding himself thus bewildered in his own house,
    making part of a ridiculous exhibition in the midst of theatrical
    nonsense, and forced in so untoward a moment to admit the acquaintance
    of a young man whom he felt sure of disapproving, and
    whose easy indifference and volubility in the course of the first five
    minutes seemed to mark him the most at home of the
    Saturday, December 4th, 2010
    5:48 pm
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    At one o'clock Brown halted themHis feet had been numb for minutes at a time, and he was close to collapseThey left Wilson lying in the sun while they sprawled beside him, their faces close to the earth, drawing great gasping bursts of airAll about them the hills shimmered in the early afternoon heat, refracting their glare from one slope to another without reliefThere seemed no breeze at allWilson would mumble and rant from time to time but they paid no attention to himThe rest period gave them no relief; all the submerged effects of their exhaustion were being exhumed now, bothered them directlyThey retched, languished through long flaccid minutes when they seemed close to unconsciousness, and suffered from recurring spasms of shivering when there seemed no heat left in their bodies
    After a long while, perhaps an hour, Brown sat up, swallowed a few salt tablets and drank almost half his canteen of waterThe salt rumbled uncomfortably in his stomach, but he felt some reliefWhen he stood up to walk over to Wilson, his legs moved without familiarity, weakly, like a man who is out of bed after a long illness"How're you feelin', boy?" he asked
    Wilson stared at himWith a groping motion his fingers had fluttered up to his forehead, removed the dampened cloth"You men better leave me, Brown," he croaked feeblyIn the past hour, lying on the stretcher, he had slid between consciousness and delirium, and now he was very tired, very spentTo Wilson there was no point in moving on any fartherHe was perfectly content at the moment to remain here; he did not think at all of what would happen to himHe knew only that he didn't want to be carried again, could not bear the agony of being jolted on the stretcher
    Brown was tempted, so tempted that he did not dare to believe Wilson"What are you talking about, boy?"
    "Lea' me, men, jus' lea' me Weaks tears came into Wilson's eyesRemotely, almost as if it did not concern him, he shook his head"I'm holdin' ya back, men, jus' lea' me beh
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