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He liked to take a walk on Sunday evenings, and he frequently took it. He had a dislike, not wholly irrational, to the mlon. Reason was a strong point with him. " Be rational, Jessica," he would frequently say to his wife. " I only ask you to be rational." HE LIKED TO TAKE A WALK ON SUNDAY EVENINGS AND HE FREQUENTLY TOOK IT HE HAD A DISLIKE NOT WHOLLY RATIONAL TO THE SALON REASON WAS A STRONG POINT WITH HIM BE RATIONAL JESSICA HE WOULD FREQUENTLY SAY TO HIS WIFE I ONLY ASK YOU TO BE RATIONAL
te break away. In her conversation she would often drag you, all tremulous, with her into the confessional, where you found, to your disappointment, that she had no sins, only errors of diet. She was by way of being a woman of the world, with the world left out. Its place in her Erciston Square salon was taken by the world's under- studies. Henry Burnage, who for years had made her salon a habit, would torture himself at times with the thought that he was only a fashionable man's understudy ; but the torture did not persist, for his opinion of himself was 2 THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. high and on the whole stable. Of the under- studies there were many ; her rooms were full on Sunday evening. Mr. Wycherley would be seen there sometimes ; he sat in corners, and was mildly disapproving ; he made the money, and Mrs. Wycherley spent it. Still, he acknowledged that his daughter Angela must have every chance, and the salon was in some sense a chance. More often Mr. Wycherley did not show himself. OUTH THE POOR THING SQUEAKED BUT COULD NOT QUITE BREAK AWAY IN HER CONVERSATION SHE WOULD OFTEN DRAG YOU ALL TREMULOUS WITH HER INTO THE CONFESSIONAL WHERE YOU FOUND TO YOUR DISAPPOINTMENT THAT SHE HAD NO SINS ONLY ERRORS OF DIET SHE WAS BY WAY OF BEING A WOMAN OF THE WORLD WITH THE WORLD LEFT OUT ITS PLACE IN HER SISTON'S SQUARE SALON WAS TAKEN BY THE WORLD'S UNDERSTUDIES HENRY BURNEAGE WHO FOR YEARS HAD MADE HER SELL ON A HABIT WOULD TORTURE HIMSELF AT TIMES WITH THE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS ONLY A FASHIONABLE MAN'S UNDERSTUDY BUT THE TORTURE DID NOT PERSIST FOR HIS OPINION OF HIMSELF WAS HIGH AND ON THE WHOLE STABLE OF THE UNDER STUDIES THERE WERE MANY HER ROOMS WERE FULL ON SUNDAY EVENING MISTER WITCHERLIE WOULD BE SEEN THERE SOMETIMES HE SAT IN CORNERS AND WAS MILDLY DISAPPROVING HE MADE THE MONEY AND MISSUS WITCHERLIE SPENT IT STILL HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HIS DAUGHTER ANGELA MUST HAVE EVERY CHANCE AND THE SALON WAS IN SOME SENSE A CHANCE MORE OFTEN MISTER WITCHERLIE DID NOT SHOW HIMSELF
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