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He was not without filial affection, but he 44 THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. also wondered, occasionally, in what proportion his father would, in his last will and testa  ment, divide his property between him and his very plain and unattractive sister. HE WAS NOT WITHOUT FILIAL AFFECTION BUT HE ALSO WONDERED OCCASIONALLY IN WHAT PROPORTION HIS FATHER WOULD IN HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT DIVIDE HIS PROPERTY BETWEEN HIM AND HIS VERY PLAIN AND UNATTRACTIVE SISTER
 OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. 43 commercial spirit and the middle classes. This alone made him different from the kind of man that his son was. The father was somewhat Puritanical, and quite uncultured ; here again the son was different. In a more humorous moment the father would some- times say : " Have you been buying any aesthetic things lately, Henry ? " What was to be done with such a man — a man who could never succeed in forgetting the back numbers of Punch — a man who was quite crude and point-blank — a man who could never be convinced that he misunderstood another man's point of view, and yet always did misunderstand it ? Henry could only sigh drearily, and try to read the essays of Matthew Arnold without noticing that their severest thrusts went straight through his own father — happily ignorant of the assault, and quite contented. Just as a mean motive and a more generous motive had made Henry decide to marry Angela, a mixture of motives influenced him in the treatment of his father. T AND HE NEVER EVEN SAID A PASSIVELY BRILLIANT THING ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL SPIRIT AND MIDDLE CLASSES THIS ALONE MADE HIM DIFFERENT FROM THE KIND OF MAN THAT HIS SON WAS THE FATHER WAS SOMEWHAT PURITANICAL AND QUITE UNCULTURED HERE AGAIN THE SON WAS DIFFERENT IN A MORE HUMOROUS MOMENT THE FATHER WOULD SOMETIMES SAY HAVE YOU BEEN BUYING ANY ESTHETIC THINGS LATELY HENRY WHAT WAS TO BE DONE WITH SUCH A MAN A MAN WHO COULD NEVER SUCCEED IN FORGETTING THE BACK NUMBERS OF PUNCH A MAN WHO IS QUITE CRUDE AND POINT BLANK A MAN WHO COULD NEVER BE CONVINCED THAT HE MISUNDERSTOOD ANOTHER MAN'S POINT OF VIEW AND YET ALWAYS DID MISUNDERSTAND IT HENRY COULD ONLY SIGH DREARILY AND TRY TO READ THE ESSAYS OF MATTHEW ARNOLD WITHOUT NOTICING THAT THEIR SEVERAL THOUGHTS WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH HIS OWN FATHER HAPPILY IGNORANT OF THE ASSAULT AND QUITE CONTENTED JUST AS A MEAN MOTIVE AND A MORE GENEROUS MOTIVE HAD MADE HENRY DECIDE TO MARRY ANGELA A MIXTURE OF MOTIVES INFLUENCED HIM IN THE TREATMENT OF HIS FATHER
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