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I remember his white hair, and his calm smile, and how, not long before he died, he called me to him, and laying his hand upon my head, said to me: "'My child, the world is not this great sunny piazza, nor life the fairy stories which the women tell you here, as you sit in their laps. I REMEMBER HIS WHITE HAIR AND HIS CALM SMILE AND HOW NOT LONG BEFORE HE DIED HE CALLED ME TO HIM AND LAYING HIS HAND UPON MY HEAD SAID TO ME MY CHILD THE WORLD IS NOT THIS GREAT SUNNY PIAZZA NOR LIFE THE FAIRY STORIES WHICH THE WOMEN TELL YOU HERE AS YOU SIT IN THEIR LAPS
e and expression was, as it were, the expiring gleam and late twilight of ancestral splendors, I doubt if Mr. Bourne would have preferred him for book-keeper a moment sooner upon that account. In truth, I have observed, down town, that the fact of your ancestors doing nothing, is not considered good proof that you can do anything. But Prue and her sex regard sentiment more than action, and I understand easily enough why she is never tired of hearing me read of Prince Charlie. If Titbottom had been only a little younger, a little handsomer, a little more gallantly dressed--in fact, a little more of a Prince Charlie, I am sure her eyes would not have fallen again upon her work so tranquilly, as he resumed his story. "I can remember my grandfather Titbottom, although I was a very young child, and he was a very old man. My young mother and my young grandmother are very distinct figures in my memory, ministering to the old gentleman, wrapped in his dressing-gown, and seated upon the piazza. SKY SADNESS OF NATURE AND EXPRESSION WAS AS IT WERE THE EXPIRING GLEAM AND LATE TWILIGHT OF ANCESTRAL SPLENDORS I DOUBT IF MISTER BOURNE WOULD HAVE PREFERRED HIM FOR A BOOKKEEPER A MOMENT SOONER UPON THAT ACCOUNT IN TRUTH I HAVE OBSERVED DOWN TOWN THAT THE FACT OF YOUR ANCESTORS DOING NOTHING IS NOT CONSIDERED GOOD PROOF THAT YOU CAN DO ANYTHING BUT PRUE AND HER SEX REGARD SENTIMENT MORE THAN ACTION AND I UNDERSTAND EASILY ENOUGH WHY SHE IS NEVER TIRED OF HEARING ME READ OF PRINCE CHARLIE IF TIT BOTTOM HAD BEEN ONLY A LITTLE YOUNGER A LITTLE HANDSOMER A LITTLE MORE GALLANTLY DRESSED IN FACT A LITTLE MORE OF A PRINCE CHARLIE I AM SURE HER EYES WOULD NOT HAVE FALLEN AGAIN UPON HER WORK SO TRANQUILLY AS HE RESUMED HIS STORY I CAN REMEMBER MY GRANDFATHER TIT BOTTOM ALTHOUGH I WAS A VERY YOUNG CHILD AND HE WAS A VERY OLD MAN MY YOUNG MOTHER AND MY YOUNG GRANDMOTHER ARE VERY DISTINCT FIGURES IN MY MEMORY MINISTERING TO THE OLD GENTLEMAN WRAPPED IN HIS DRESSING GOWN AND SEATED UPON THE PIAZZA
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