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31 But you have done almost more than you need. The best suite of rooms in the house, and in every way the treatment of an honoured guest ! " " Quite so. Apart from the fact that a gentleman cannot very well take advantage of another gentleman's poverty in order to humiliate him, there are reasons. BUT YOU'VE DONE ALMOST MORE THAN YOU NEED THE BEST SUITE OF ROOMS IN THE HOUSE AND IN EVERY WAY THE TREATMENT OF AN HONOURED GUEST QUITE SO APART FROM THE FACT THAT A GENTLEMAN CANNOT VERY WELL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ANOTHER GENTLEMAN'S POVERTY IN ORDER TO HUMILIATE THEM THERE ARE REASONS
n- tinued, speaking more to himself than to 30 THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. her, " is so great, and isolated man's so small." " You had something to tell me," Hilda said timidly. "Ah, yes." He told her how he had found Claudius Sandell, and taken him into the house. It was his intention to keep him for a few days — perhaps weeks— to provide him with clothes, and so on. "He says that he must repay me — cannot bear the obligation — is very strong on that point." " Gabriel, this is one of the queerest things you have done. Of course, it is very kind of you, and I must say that many professing Christians would have been quite content just to have given the man a copper — or a six- pence." " He would not have taken it ; and in that condition it would have been no good to him if he had taken it." " No ? It was so silly of him not to want to be helped ; I rather like him for that. Quite dark hair, you said — and tall, I imagine him. Well, I hope it will turn out all right. THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS.  L THAT SUCH TRIFLES SHOULD MATTER TO HIM THERE'S NOTHING SO SMALL IN THE IMPULSES OF COLLECTED HUMANITY THE AGGREGATE MANKIND HE CONTINUED SPEAKING MORE TO HIMSELF THAN TO HER IS SO GREAT AN ISOLATED MAN SO SMALL YOU HAD SOMETHING TO TELL ME HILDA SAID TIMIDLY AH YES HE TOLD HER HOW HE HAD FOUND CLOUDY SANDAL AND TAKEN HIM INTO THE HOUSE IT WAS HIS INTENTION TO KEEP HIM FOR A FEW DAYS PERHAPS WEEKS TO PROVIDE HIM WITH CLOTHES AND SO ON HE SAYS THAT HE MUST REPAY ME CANNOT BEAR THE OBLIGATION IS VERY STRONG ON THAT POINT GABRIEL THIS IS ONE OF THE QUEEREST THINGS YOU HAVE DONE OF COURSE IT IS VERY KIND OF YOU AND I MUST SAY THAT MANY PROFESSING CHRISTIANS WOULD HAVE BEEN QUITE CONTENT TO JUST HAVE GIVEN THE MAN A COPPER OR SIXPENCE HE WOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN IT AND IN THAT CONDITION IT WOULD BE NO GOOD TO HIM IF HE HAD TAKEN IT NO IT WAS SO SILLY OF HIM TO NOT WANT TO BE HELPED I RATHER LIKE HIM FOR THAT QUITE DARK HAIR YOU SAID AND TALL I IMAGINE HIM WELL I HOPE IT WILL TURN OUT ALL RIGHT
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