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But as we sit upon our high stools, at the desk, opposite each other, I leaning upon my elbows, and looking at him, he, with sidelong face, glancing out of the window, as if it commanded a boundless landscape, instead of a dim, dingy office court, I cannot refrain from saying: "Well!" BUT AS WE SIT UPON OUR HIGH STOOLS AT THE DESK OPPOSITE EACH OTHER I LEANING UPON MY ELBOWS AND LOOKING AT HIM HE WITH SIDELONG FACE GLANCING OUT OF THE WINDOW AS IF IT COMMANDED A BOUNDLESS LANDSCAPE INSTEAD OF A DIM DINGY OFFICE COURT I CANNOT REFRAIN FROM SAYING WELL
ossibly smile upon anything so unworthy as he. "I hope, therefore, my dear Mrs. Prue," I continue, and my wife looks up, with pleased pride, from her work, as if I were such an irresistible humorist, "you will allow me to believe that the depth may be calm, although the surface is dancing. If you tell me that Aurelia is but a giddy girl, I shall believe that you think so. But I shall know, all the while, what profound dignity, and sweetness, and peace, lie at the foundation of her character." I say such things to Titbottom, during the dull season at the office. And I have known him sometimes to reply, with a kind of dry, sad humor, not as if he enjoyed the joke, but as if the joke must be made, that he saw no reason why I should be dull because the season was so. "And what do I know of Aurelia, or any other girl?" he says to me with that abstracted air; "I, whose Aurelias were of another century, and another zone." Then he falls into a silence which it seems quite profane to interrupt. IN LOVE WITH THIS PARAGON WHO CANNOT POSSIBLY SMILE UPON ANYTHING SO UNWORTHY AS HE I HOPE THEREFORE MY DEAR MISSUS PRUE I CONTINUE AND MY WIFE LOOKS UP WITH PLEASED PRIDE FROM HER WORK AS IF I WERE SUCH AN IRRESISTIBLE HUMORIST YOU WILL ALLOW ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE DEPTH MAY BE CALM ALTHOUGH THE SURFACE IS DANCING IF YOU TELL ME THAT AURELIA IS BUT A GIDDY GIRL I SHALL BELIEVE THAT YOU THINK SO BUT I SHALL KNOW ALL THE WHILE WHAT PROFOUND DIGNITY AND SWEETNESS AND PEACE LIE AT THE FOUNDATION OF HER CHARACTER I SAY SUCH THINGS TO TIT BOTTOM DURING THE DULL SEASON AT THE OFFICE AND I HAVE KNOWN HIM SOMETIMES TO REPLY WITH A KIND OF DRY SAD HUMOUR NOT AS IF HE ENJOYED THE JOKE BUT AS IF THE JOKE MUST BE MADE THAT HE SAW NO REASON WHY I SHOULD BE DULL BECAUSE THE SEASON WAS SO AND WHAT DO I KNOW OF AURELIA OR ANY OTHER GIRL HE SAYS TO ME WITH THAT ABSTRACTED AIR I WHOSE AURELIAS WERE OF ANOTHER CENTURY AND ANOTHER ZONE THEN HE FALLS INTO A SILENCE WHICH IT SEEMS QUITE PROFANE TO INTERRUPT
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