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"One likes to escape from oneself occasionally." ONE LIKES TO ESCAPE FROM ONE'S SELF OCCASIONALLY
it funny." "I suffered in that way just now," said Reginald plaintively, "from a woman whose word I had to take that she had met me last summer in Brittany." "I hope you were not too brutal?" "I merely told her with engaging simplicity that the art of life was the avoidance of the unattainable." "Did she try and work it out on the back of her catalogue?" "Not there and then. She murmured something about being 'so clever.' Fancy coming to the Academy to be clever!" "To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere in the evening." "Which reminds me that I can't remember whether I accepted an invitation from you to dine at Kettner's to-night." "On the other hand, I can remember with startling distinctness not having asked you to." "So much certainty is unbecoming in the young; so we'll consider that settled. What were you talking about? Oh, pictures. Personally, I rather like them; they are so refreshingly real and probable, they take one away from the unrealities of life. NE KNOWS AT THE ACADEMY PERSONALLY I DON'T THINK IT'S FUNNY I SUFFERED IN THAT WAY JUST NOW SAID REGINALD PLAINTIVELY FROM A WOMAN WHOSE WORD I HAD TO TAKE THAT SHE HAD MET ME LAST SUMMER IN BRITTANY I HOPE YOU WERE NOT TOO BRUTAL I NEARLY TOLD HER WITH ENGAGING SIMPLICITY THAT THE ART OF LIFE WAS THE AVOIDANCE OF THE UNATTAINABLE DID SHE TRY AND WORK IT OUT ON THE BACK OF HER CATALOGUE NOT THERE AND THEN SHE MURMURED SOMETHING ABOUT BEING SO CLEVER FANCY COMING TO THE ACADEMY TO BE CLEVER TO BE CLEVER IN THE AFTERNOON ARGUES THAT ONE IS DINING NOWHERE IN THE EVENING WHICH REMINDS ME I CAN'T REMEMBER WHETHER I ACCEPTED AN INVITATION FROM YOU TO DINE AT KETTNER'S TO NIGHT ON THE OTHER HAND I CAN REMEMBER WITH STARTLING DISTINCTNESS NOT HAVING ASKED YOU TO SO MUCH CERTAINTY IS UNBECOMING IN THE YOUNG SO WILL CONSIDER THAT SETTLED WHAT WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT OH PICTURES PERSONALLY I RATHER LIKE THEM THEY ARE SO REFRESHINGLY REAL AND PROBABLE THEY TAKE ONE AWAY FROM THE UNREALITIES OF LIFE
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