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He had settled to his safety and accepted perforce his extinction; figuring to himself, with some colour, in the likeness of certain little old men he remembered to have seen, of whom, all meagre and wizened as they might look, it was related that they had in their time fought twenty duels or been loved by ten princesses. HE HAD SETTLED TO HIS SAFETY AND ACCEPTED PERFORCE HIS EXTINCTION FIGURING TO HIMSELF WITH SOME COLOR IN THE LIKENESS OF CERTAIN LITTLE OLD MEN HE REMEMBERED TO HAVE SEEN OF WHOM ALL MEAGRE AND WISENED AS THEY MIGHT LOOK IT WAS RELATED THAT THEY HAD IN THEIR TIME FOUGHT TWENTY DUELS OR BEEN LOVED BY TEN PRINCESSES
gs he saw couldn't help being common when he had become common to look at them. He was simply now one of them himself--he was in the dust, without a peg for the sense of difference; and there were hours when, before the temples of gods and the sepulchres of kings, his spirit turned for nobleness of association to the barely discriminated slab in the London suburb. That had become for him, and more intensely with time and distance, his one witness of a past glory. It was all that was left to him for proof or pride, yet the past glories of Pharaohs were nothing to him as he thought of it. Small wonder then that he came back to it on the morrow of his return. He was drawn there this time as irresistibly as the other, yet with a confidence, almost, that was doubtless the effect of the many months that had elapsed. He had lived, in spite of himself, into his change of feeling, and in wandering over the earth had wandered, as might be said, from the circumference to the centre of his desert. NCTION AS WELL THE THINGS HE SAW COULDN'T HELP BEING COMMON WHEN HE HAD BECOME COMMON TO LOOK AT THEM HE WAS SIMPLY NOW ONE OF THEM HIMSELF HE WAS IN THE DUST WITHOUT A PEG FOR THE SENSE OF DIFFERENCE AND THERE WERE HOURS WHEN BEFORE THE TEMPLES OF GODS AND THE SEPULCHRES OF KINGS HIS SPIRIT TURNED FOR NOBLENESS OF ASSOCIATION TO THE BARELY DISCRIMINATED SLAB IN THE LONDON SUBURB THAT HAD BECOME FOR HIM AND MORE INTENSELY WITH TIME AND DISTANCE HIS ONE WITNESS OF A PAST GLORY IT WAS ALL THAT WAS LEFT TO HIM FOR PROOF OR PRIDE YET THE PAST GLORIES OF PHARAOHS WERE NOTHING TO HIM AS HE THOUGHT OF IT SMALL WONDER THEN THAT HE CAME BACK TO IT ON THE MORROW OF HIS RETURN HE WAS DRAWN THERE THIS TIME AS IRRESISTIBLY AS THE OTHER YET WITH A CONFIDENCE ALMOST THAT WAS DOUBTLESS THE EFFECT OF THE MANY MONTHS THAT HAD ELAPSED HE HAD LIVED IN SPITE OF HIMSELF INTO HIS CHANGE OF FEELING AND IN WANDERING OVER THE EARTH HAD WANDERED AS MIGHT BE SAID FROM THE CIRCUMFERENCE TO THE CENTRE OF HIS DESERT
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