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B. bought some cigars and offered me one. I did not want to smoke. Smoking seemed to me, just then, a foolish waste of time and money. As I said to B.: "In a few more years, perhaps before this very month is gone, we shall be lying in the silent tomb, with the worms feeding on us. Of what advantage will it be to us then that we smoked these cigars to day?" B BOUGHT SOME CIGARS AND OFFERED ME ONE I DID NOT WANT TO SMOKE SMOKING SEEMED TO ME JUST THEN A FOOLISH WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY AS I SAID TO B IN A FEW MORE YEARS PERHAPS BEFORE THIS VERY MONTH IS GONE WE SHALL BE LYING IN THE SILENT TOMB WITH THE WORMS FEEDING ON US OF WHAT ADVANTAGE WILL IT BE TO US THEN THAT WE SMOKE THESE CIGARS TO DAY
the unkind things that had been said and done to me. I thought of all the people I had known who were now dead, and whom I should never see again, of all the girls that I had loved, who were now married to other fellows, while I did not even know their present addresses. I pondered upon our earthly existence, upon how hollow, false, and transient it is, and how full of sorrow. I mused upon the wickedness of the world and of everybody in it, and the general cussedness of all things. I thought how foolish it was for B. and myself to be wasting our time, gadding about Europe in this silly way. What earthly enjoyment was there in travelling--being jolted about in stuffy trains, and overcharged at uncomfortable hotels? B. was cheerful and frivolously inclined at the beginning of our walk (we were strolling down the Maximilian Strasse, after dinner); but as I talked to him, I was glad to notice that he gradually grew more serious and subdued. He is not really bad, you know, only thoughtless. AT I HAD SUFFERED AND OF ALL THE UNKIND THINGS THAT HAD BEEN SAID AND DONE TO ME I THOUGHT OF ALL THE PEOPLE I HAD KNOWN WHO WERE NOW DEAD AND WHOM I SHOULD NEVER SEE AGAIN OF ALL THE GIRLS THAT I HAD LOVED WHO WERE NOW MARRIED TO OTHER FELLOWS WHILE I DID NOT EVEN KNOW THEIR PRESENT ADDRESSES I PONDERED UPON OUR EARTHLY EXISTENCE UPON HOW HOLLOW FALSE AND TRANSIENT IT IS AND HOW FULL OF SORROW I MUSED UPON THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WORLD AND OF EVERYBODY IN IT AND THE GENERAL CUSSEDNESS OF ALL THINGS I THOUGHT HOW FOOLISH IT WAS FOR B AND MYSELF TO BE WASTING OUR TIME GADDING ABOUT EUROPE IN THIS SILLY WAY WHAT EARTHLY ENJOYMENT WAS THERE IN TRAVELING BEING JOLTED ABOUT IN STUFFY TRAINS AND OVERCHARGED AT UNCOMFORTABLE HOTELS B WAS CHEERFUL AND FRIVOLOUSLY INCLINED AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR WALK WE WAS STROLLING DOWN THE MAXIMILIAN'S TROUSER AFTER DINNER BUT AS I TALKED TO HIM I WAS GLAD TO NOTICE THAT HE GRADUALLY GREW MORE SERIOUS AND SUBDUED HE IS NOT REALLY BAD YOU KNOW ONLY THOUGHTLESS
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