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He turns slowly, and I go chatting on,  a little too loquacious perhaps, about those young girls. But I know that Titbottom regards such an excess as venial, for his sadness is so sweet that you could believe it the reflection of a smile from long, long years ago. HE TURNS SLOWLY AND I GO CHATTING ON A LITTLE TOO LOQUACIOUS PERHAPS ABOUT THOSE YOUNG GIRLS BUT I KNOW THAT TIT BOTTOM REGARDS SUCH AN EXCESS AS VENAL FOR HIS SADNESS IS SO SWEET THAT YOU COULD BELIEVE IT THE REFLECTION OF A SMILE FROM LONG LONG YEARS AGO
cing. If you tell me that Aurelia is but a giddy girl, I shall believe that you think so. But I shall know, all the while, what profound dignity, and sweetness, and peace, lie at the foundation of her character." I say such things to Titbottom, during the dull season at the office. And I have known him sometimes to reply, with a kind of dry, sad humor, not as if he enjoyed the joke, but as if the joke must be made, that he saw no reason why I should be dull because the season was so. "And what do I know of Aurelia, or any other girl?" he says to me with that abstracted air; "I, whose Aurelias were of another century, and another zone." Then he falls into a silence which it seems quite profane to interrupt. But as we sit upon our high stools, at the desk, opposite each other, I leaning upon my elbows, and looking at him, he, with sidelong face, glancing out of the window, as if it commanded a boundless landscape, instead of a dim, dingy office court, I cannot refrain from saying: "Well! H MAY BE CALM ALTHOUGH THE SURFACE IS DANCING IF YOU TELL ME THAT AURELIA IS BUT A GIDDY GIRL I SHALL BELIEVE THAT YOU THINK SO BUT I SHALL KNOW ALL THE WHILE WHAT PROFOUND DIGNITY AND SWEETNESS AND PEACE LIE AT THE FOUNDATION OF HER CHARACTER I SAY SUCH THINGS TO TIT BOTTOM DURING THE DULL SEASON AT THE OFFICE AND I HAVE KNOWN HIM SOMETIMES TO REPLY WITH A KIND OF DRY SAD HUMOUR NOT AS IF HE ENJOYED THE JOKE BUT AS IF THE JOKE MUST BE MADE THAT HE SAW NO REASON WHY I SHOULD BE DULL BECAUSE THE SEASON WAS SO AND WHAT DO I KNOW OF AURELIA OR ANY OTHER GIRL HE SAYS TO ME WITH THAT ABSTRACTED AIR I WHOSE AURELIAS WERE OF ANOTHER CENTURY AND ANOTHER ZONE THEN HE FALLS INTO A SILENCE WHICH IT SEEMS QUITE PROFANE TO INTERRUPT BUT AS WE SIT UPON OUR HIGH STOOLS AT THE DESK OPPOSITE EACH OTHER I LEANING UPON MY ELBOWS AND LOOKING AT HIM HE WITH SIDELONG FACE GLANCING OUT OF THE WINDOW AS IF IT COMMANDED A BOUNDLESS LANDSCAPE INSTEAD OF A DIM DINGY OFFICE COURT I CANNOT REFRAIN FROM SAYING WELL
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