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of droll cross purposes? "Or I put them on again, and then looked at the wives. OF DROLL CROSS PURPOSES OR I PUT THEM ON AGAIN AND LOOKED AT THE WIVES
a sunny point, now to a solemn shade--now over glittering ripples, now over gleaming calms,--and not to determined ports, a trim vessel with an inexorable rudder. "But sometimes, mastered after long struggles, as if the unavoidable condition of owning the spectacles were using them, I seized them and sauntered into the little town. Putting them to my eyes I peered into the houses and at the people who passed me. Here sat a family at breakfast, and I stood at the window looking in. O motley meal! fantastic vision! The good mother saw her lord sitting opposite, a grave, respectable being, eating muffins. But I saw only a bank-bill, more or less crumbled and tattered, marked with a larger or lesser figure. If a sharp wind blew suddenly, I saw it tremble and flutter; it was thin, flat, impalpable. I removed my glasses, and looked with my eyes at the wife. I could have smiled to see the humid tenderness with which she regarded her strange _vis-à-vis_. Is life only a game of blindman's-buff? N THE EDDIES OF LIFE DRIFTED NOW TO A SUNNY POINT NOW TO SOLEMN SHADE NOW OVER GLITTERING RIPPLES NOW OVER GLEAMING CALMS AND NOT TO DETERMINED PORTS A TRIM VESSEL WITH AN INEXORABLE RUDDER BUT SOMETIMES MASTERED AFTER LONG STRUGGLES AS IF THE UNAVOIDABLE CONDITION OF OWNING THE SPECTACLES WERE USING THEM I SEIZED THEM AND SAUNTERED INTO THE LITTLE TOWN PUTTING THEM TO MY EYES I PEERED INTO THE HOUSES AND AT THE PEOPLE WHO PASSED ME HERE SAT A FAMILY AT BREAKFAST AND I STOOD AT THE WINDOW LOOKING IN OH MOTLEY MEAL FANTASTIC VISION THE GOOD MOTHER SAW HER LORD SITTING OPPOSITE A GRAVE RESPECTABLE BEING EATING MUFFINS BUT I SAW ONLY A BANK BILL MORE OR LESS CRUMBLED AND TATTERED MARKED WITH A LARGER OR LESSER FIGURE IF A SHARP WIND BLEW SUDDENLY I SAW IT TREMBLE AND FLUTTER IT WAS THIN FLAT IMPALPABLE I REMOVED MY GLASSES AND LOOKED WITH MY EYES AT THE WIFE I COULD HAVE SMILED TO SEE THE HUMID TENDERNESS WITH WHICH SHE REGARDED HER STRANGE VIZIVIE IS LIFE ONLY A GAME OF BLIND MAN'S BLUFF
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