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He used to take little flights of fancy at first, dwelt all day in his dreamy way on fields and rivers lying in the sunlight where it strikes the world more brilliantly further South. And then he began to imagine butterflies there; after that, silken people and the temples they built to their gods. HE USED TO TAKE LITTLE FLIGHTS OF FANCY AT FIRST DWELT ALL DAY IN HIS DREAMY WAY ON FIELDS AND RIVERS LYING IN THE SUNLIGHT WHERE IT STRIKES THE WORLD MORE BRILLIANTLY FURTHER SOUTH AND THEN HE BEGAN TO IMAGINE BUTTERFLIES THERE AFTER THAT SILKEN PEOPLE AND THE TEMPLES THEY BUILT TO THEIR GODS
S SHAP It was the occupation of Mr. Thomas Shap to persuade customers that the goods were genuine and of an excellent quality, and that as regards the price their unspoken will was consulted. And in order to carry on this occupation he went by train very early every morning some few miles nearer to the City from the suburb in which he slept. This was the use to which he put his life. From the moment when he first perceived (not as one reads a thing in a book, but as truths are revealed to one's instinct) the very beastliness of his occupation, and of the house that he slept in, its shape, make and pretensions, and even of the clothes that he wore; from that moment he withdrew his dreams from it, his fancies, his ambitions, everything in fact except that ponderable Mr. Shap that dressed in a frock-coat, bought tickets and handled money and could in turn be handled by the statistician. The priest's share in Mr. Shap, the share of the poet, never caught the early train to the City at all. N OF MISTER THOMAS SHAPP IT WAS THE OCCUPATION OF MISTER THOMAS SHAPP TO PERSUADE CUSTOMERS THAT THE GOODS WERE GENUINE AND OF AN EXCELLENT QUALITY AND THAT AS REGARDS THE PRICE THEIR UNSPOKEN WILL WAS CONSULTED AND IN ORDER TO CARRY ON THIS OCCUPATION HE WENT BY TRAIN VERY EARLY EVERY MORNING SOME FEW MILES NEARER TO THE CITY FROM THE SUBURB IN WHICH HE SLEPT THIS WAS THE USE TO WHICH HE PUT HIS LIFE FROM THE MOMENT WHEN HE FIRST PERCEIVED NOT AS ONE READS A THING IN A BOOK BUT AS TRUTHS ARE REVEALED TO ONE'S INSTINCT THE VERY BEASTLINESS OF HIS OCCUPATION AND OF THE HOUSE THAT HE SLEPT IN ITS SHAPE MAKE AND PRETENSIONS AND EVEN THE CLOTHES THAT HE WORE FROM THAT MOMENT HE WITHDREW HIS DREAMS FROM IT HIS FANCIES HIS AMBITIONS EVERYTHING IN FACT EXCEPT THAT PONDERABLE MISTER SHAPP THAT DRESSED IN A FROCK COAT BOUGHT TICKETS AND HANDLED MONEY AND IN TURN BE HANDLED BY THE STATISTICIAN THE PRIEST'S SHARE IN MISTER SHAP THE SHARE OF THE POET NEVER CAUGHT THE EARLY TRAIN TO THE CITY AT ALL
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