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I thought of all the disappointments and reverses I had experienced during my career; of all the injustice that I had suffered, and of all the unkind things that had been said and done to me. I THOUGHT OF ALL THE DISAPPOINTMENTS AND REVERSES I HAD EXPERIENCED DURING MY CAREER OF ALL THE INJUSTICE THAT I HAD SUFFERED AND OF ALL THE UNKIND THINGS THAT HAD BEEN SAID AND DONE TO ME
tfully provided him with red paint for one, so that he could poison himself off and get out of his misery. I thought, after swallowing the first mouthful, that I would not eat any more of this cheese. Then it occurred to me that it was a pity to waste it after having ordered it, and, besides, I might get to like it before I had finished. The taste for most of the good things of this world has to be acquired. _I_ can remember the time when I did not like beer. So I mixed up everything on the plate all together--made a sort of salad of it, in fact--and ate it with a spoon. A more disagreeable dish I have never tasted since the days when I used to do Willie Evans's "dags," by walking twice through a sewer, and was subsequently, on returning home, promptly put to bed, and made to eat brimstone and treacle. I felt very sad after dinner. All the things I have done in my life that I should not have done recurred to me with painful vividness. (There seemed to be a goodish number of them, too.) RANT PEOPLE KNOWING THIS HAD THOUGHTFULLY PROVIDED HIM WITH RED PAINT FOR ONE SO THAT HE COULD POISON HIMSELF OFF AND GET OUT OF HIS MISERY I THOUGHT AFTER SWALLOWING THE FIRST MOUTHFUL THAT I WOULD NOT EAT ANY MORE OF THIS CHEESE THEN IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT IT WAS A PITY TO WASTE IT AFTER HAVING ORDERED IT AND BESIDES I MIGHT GET TO LIKE IT BEFORE I HAD FINISHED A TASTE FOR MOST OF THE GOOD THINGS OF THIS WORLD HAS TO BE ACQUIRED I CAN REMEMBER THE TIME WHEN I DID NOT LIKE BEER SO I MIXED UP EVERYTHING ON THE PLATE ALTOGETHER MADE A SORT OF SALAD OF IT IN FACT AND ATE IT WITH A SPOON A MORE DISAGREEABLE DISH I HAVE NEVER TASTED SINCE THE DAYS WHEN I USED TO DO WILLY EVANS'S DAGS BY WALKING TWICE THROUGH A SEWER AND WERE SUBSEQUENTLY ON RETURNING HOME PROMPTLY PUT TO BED AND MADE TO EAT BRIMSTONE AND TREACLE I FELT VERY SAD AFTER DINNER ALL THE THINGS I HAVE DONE IN MY LIFE THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE RECURRED TO ME WITH PAINFUL VIVIDNESS THERE SEEMED TO BE A GOODISH NUMBER OF THEM TOO
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