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Why is it that, although he has been in London, and knew that he could get my address at the Temple, he has never been to see me, and has never sent me his own address ? It must mean that he is ashamed of something. WHY IS IT THAT ALTHOUGH HE HAS BEEN IN LONDON AND KNEW THAT HE COULD GET MY DRESS AT THE TEMPLE HE HAS NEVER BEEN TO SEE ME AND HAS NEVER SENT ME HIS OWN ADDRESS IT MUST MEAN THAT HE IS ASHAMED OF SOMETHING
not be positive ; but, if I am right, he has very much come down in the world. The man I saw was dressed in the seediest clothes, no stick or gloves, smoking a clay-pipe, and peering into the window of a small eating-house. As I had two other men with me, I was naturally not anxious to claim the acquaintance of — apparently — a half-starved tramp ; so I hurried on to avoid recognition. Otherwise I should have been glad to have lent him 46 THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. a few shillings for the sake of old times together at Cambridge. Of course, we do not know what the quarrel w^as between Sir Constantine and Claudius. You think that Sir Constantine was in the wrong ; he may have been. At the same time I do not think that a father — however hot-tempered, and however eccentric — entirely breaks with his only son for nothing. Why was it that Claudius, who was quite by way of being my friend at Trinity, never told me one word of the reason for the quarrel, and parried my questions on the subject ? I SENT YOU MY LAST LETTER IT WAS GETTING DARK AND I CANNOT BE POSITIVE BUT IF I AM RIGHT HE IS VERY MUCH COME DOWN IN THE WORLD THE MAN I SAW WAS DRESSED IN THE SEEDIEST CLOTHES NO STICK OR GLOVES SMOKING A CLAY PIPE AND PEERING INTO THE WINDOW OF A SMALL EATING HOUSE AS I HAD TWO OTHER MEN WITH ME I WAS NATURALLY NOT ANXIOUS TO CLAIM THE ACQUAINTANCE OF APPARENTLY A HALF STARVED TRAMP SO I HURRIED ON TO AVOID THE RECOGNITION OTHERWISE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN GLAD TO HAVE LENT HIM A FEW SHILLINGS FOR THE SAKE OF OLD TIMES TOGETHER AT CAMBRIDGE OF COURSE WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE QUARREL WAS BETWEEN SIR CONSTANTINE AND CLOUDIUS YOU THINK THAT SIR CONSTANTINE WAS IN THE WRONG HE MAY HAVE BEEN AT THE SAME TIME I DO NOT THINK THAT A FATHER HOWEVER HOT TEMPERED AND HOWEVER ECCENTRIC ENTIRELY BREAKS WITH HIS OWN SON FOR NOTHING WHY WAS IT THAT CLOUDIEST WHO WAS QUITE BY THE WAY OF BEING MY FRIEND AT TRINITY NEVER TOLD ME ONE WORD OF THE REASON FOR THE QUARREL AND PARRIED MY QUESTIONS ON THE SUBJECT
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