hopeless frail disappointed man i thought i could serve him i see i and beau s eyes were bent on him with a very friendly look you re a first rate fellow � but you shouldn t fly off so readily on the rapid wings of impulse now i suppose you want to shoot � that can t be done � not in england at any rate it can t be done at all anywhere said gravely he s dead beau started back in amazement dead you don t say so why he was dining last night at the � i saw him there briefly they related the sudden accident that had occurred and described its fatal result he died horribly said philip in a low voice i haven t got over it yet that evil tortured face of his haunts me was only slightly shocked he had known s life too well and had despised it too thoroughly to feel much regret now it was thus abruptly ended rather an unpleasant exit for such a fellow he remarked not at all and so you were going to him look and philip showed him the i ve been carrying this thing about all day � i wish i could drop it in the streets but if i did some one would be sure to pick it up and return it to me if it were a purse containing bank notes you could drop it with the positive certainty of never seeing it again laughed beau here hand it over and he possessed himself of it i ll keep it till you come back you leave for to night then yes if i can but it s the winter season � and there ll be all manner of difficulties i m afraid it s no easy matter to reach the at this time of year why not use your and be independent of obstacles suggested she s under worse luck sighed philip she won t be in sailing condition for another month no � i must take my chance � that s all it s possible i may overtake at � that s my great hope well don t be down in the mouth about it my boy said beau it ll all come right depend upon it your wife s a sweet gentle noble creature � and when once she knows all about the miserable mistake that has arisen i don t know which will be greatest her happiness or her for having misunderstood the position now let s have some coffee he ordered this refreshment from a passing waiter and as he did so a gentleman with hands clasped behind his back and a smile on his countenance bowed to him with marked and peculiar courtesy as he sauntered on his way through the room beau returned the salute with equal politeness that s he explained with a smile when the gentleman was out of the best and most generous of men he s a critic � all critics are large minded and generous we know � but he happens to be remarkably so he did me the kindest turn i ever had in my life when my first book came out he fell n it tooth and it tore it to ribbons speaking � and waved the fragments in the eyes of the public from that day my name was made � my writings sold off with delightful rapidity and words can never tell how i blessed and how i still bless he always into me � that s what s so good of him we re awfully polite to each other as you observe � and what is so perfectly charming is that he s quite unconscious how much he s helping me along he s really a first rate fellow but i haven t yet attained the summit of my ambition � and here broke off with a sparkle of fun in his clear steel gray eyes a y what else do you want asked laughing i want returned beau solemnly i want to be at by punch i want punch to make mouths at me and give me the benefit of his and no author s fame is the land of mockery quite secure till dear old punch has abused him abuse is the thing nowadays you know heaven forbid that i should be praised by punch that would be unfortunate here the coffee arrived and it to his friends talking gaily the while in an effort to from his gloomy thoughts � i ve just been informed on respectable authority that is the new he said i felt rather stunned at the moment but ive got over it now oh this mad london what a gigantic it is for the folk of the world to air their follies in that any reasonable englishmen with such names as shakespeare and to keep the glory of their country warm should for one moment consider poet ye gods where are your he s an american isn t he asked he is my dear boy an american whom the sensible portion of america we therefore � out of opposition � take him up his chief recommendation is that he writes concerning � regardless of music or here s a bit of him concerning the of oxen he says the lives in a � placid pastoral region there they bring him the three year and the four year to break them � some are such beautiful animals so looking � some are coloured some one has a white line running along his back some are some have wide horns a good sign look you the bright hides see the two with stars on their � see the round bodies and broad backs how straight and square they stand on their � w stop stop r cried putting his hands to his ears this is a practical joke beau i 