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All his happiest memories were embalmed in those shabby, badly furnished rooms. ALL HIS HAPPIEST MEMORIES WERE EMBALMED IN THOSE SHABBY BADLY FURNISHED ROOMS
sed from his mind, and he had thrown all his energies into his work. His tastes were sane and simple, and his dingy, furnished rooms had become through habit very pleasant to him. In being his own, they were invested with a greater charm than another man's castle. Here he had smoked and studied, here he had made many a glorious voyage into the land of books. Many a homecoming, too, rose up before him out of the dark ungenial streets, to a clear blazing fire, a neatly laid cloth, an evening of ideal enjoyment; many a summer twilight when he mused at the open window, plunging his gaze deep into the recesses of his neighbour's lime-tree, where the unseen sparrows chattered with such unflagging gaiety. He had always been given to much daydreaming, and it was in the silence of his rooms of an evening that he turned his phantasmal adventures into stories for the magazines; here had come to him many an editorial refusal, but here, too, he had received the news of his first unexpected success. YEAR NORAH WAS DISMISSED FROM HIS MIND AND HE HAD THROWN ALL HIS ENERGIES INTO HIS WORK HIS TASTES WERE SANE AND SIMPLE AND HIS DINGY FURNISHED ROOMS HAD BECOME THROUGH HABIT VERY PLEASANT TO HIM IN BEING HIS OWN THEY WERE INVESTED WITH A GREATER CHARM THAN ANOTHER MAN'S CASTLE HERE HE HAD SMOKED AND STUDIED HERE HE HAD MADE MANY A GLORIOUS VOYAGE INTO THE LAND OF BOOKS MANY A HOME COMING TOO ROSE UP BEFORE HIM OUT OF THE DARK UNGENIAL STREETS TO A CLEAR BLAZING FIRE A NEATLY LAID CLOTH AN EVENING OF IDEAL ENJOYMENT MANY A SUMMER TWILIGHT WHEN HE MUSED AT THE OPEN WINDOW PLUNGING HIS GAZE DEEP INTO THE RECESSES OF HIS NEIGHBOR'S LIME TREE WHERE THE UNSEEN SPARROWS CHATTED WITH SUCH UNFLAGGING GAIETY HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN GIVEN TO MUCH DAY DREAMING AND IT WAS IN THE SILENCE OF HIS ROOMS OF AN EVENING THAT HE HAD TURNED HIS PHANTASMAL ADVENTURES INTO STORIES FOR THE MAGAZINES HERE HAD COME TO HIM MANY AN EDITORIAL REFUSAL BUT HERE TOO HE HAD RECEIVED THE NEWS OF HIS FIRST UNEXPECTED SUCCESS
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