large/9571/short_ghost_and_horror_collection_025_1411_librivox_64kb_mp3/ghohor025_17_various_64kb_12
large/9571/short_ghost_and_horror_collection_025_1411_librivox_64kb_mp3/ghohor025_17_various_64kb
English
9571
In another matter, too, they became rivals, for the same girl, oddly enough, attracted both, and though she accepted neither offer of marriage (during Smith's lifetime!), the attitude between them was that of unwilling rivals. For they were friends as well. IN ANOTHER MATTER TOO THEY BECAME RIVALS FOR THE SAME GIRL ODDLY ENOUGH ATTRACTED BOTH AND THOUGH SHE ACCEPTED NEITHER OFFER OF MARRIAGE DURING SMITH'S LIFETIME THE ATTITUDE BETWEEN THEM WAS THAT OF UNWILLING RIVALS FOR THEY WERE FRIENDS AS WELL
 had no touch of hate or even of dislike. It was rather in the nature of an instinctive rivalry. Some tie operated that flung them ever into the same arena with strange persistence, and ever as opponents. An inevitable fate delighted to throw them together in a sense that made them rivals; small as well as large affairs betrayed this malicious tendency of the gods. It showed itself in earliest days, at school, at Cambridge, in travel, even in house-parties and the lighter social intercourse. Though distant cousins, their families were not intimate,[146] and there was no obvious reason why their paths should fall so persistently together. Yet their paths did so, crossing and recrossing in the way described. Sooner or later, in all his undertakings, Smith would note the shadow of Jones darkening the ground in front of him; and later, when called to the Bar in his chosen profession, he found most frequently that the learned counsel in opposition to him was the owner of this shadow, Jones. N THEM YET AN ANTIPATHY THAT HAD NO TOUCH OF HATE OR EVEN OF DISLIKE IT WAS RATHER IN THE NATURE OF AN INSTINCTIVE RIVALRY SOME TIE OPERATED THAT FLUNG THEM EVER INTO THE SAME ARENA WITH STRANGE PERSISTENCE AND EVER AS OPPONENTS AN INEVITABLE FATE DELIGHTED TO THROW THEM TOGETHER IN A SENSE THAT MADE THEM RIVALS SMALL AS WELL AS LARGE AFFAIRS BETRAYED THIS MALICIOUS TENDENCY OF THE GODS IT SHOWED ITSELF IN EARLIER DAYS AT SCHOOL AT CAMBRIDGE IN TRAVEL EVEN IN HOUSE PARTIES AND THE LIGHTER SOCIAL INTERCOURSE THOUGH DISTANT COUSINS THEIR FAMILIES WERE NOT INTIMATE AND THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS REASON WHY THEIR PATHS SHOULD FALL SO PERSISTENTLY TOGETHER YET THEIR PATHS DID SO CROSSING AND RECROSSING IN THE WAY DESCRIBED SOONER OR LATER IN ALL HIS UNDERTAKINGS SMITH WOULD NOTE THE SHADOW OF JONES DARKENING THE GROUND IN FRONT OF HIM AND LATER WHEN CALLED TO THE BAR AND HIS CHOSEN PROFESSION HE FOUND MOST FREQUENTLY THAT THE LEARNED COUNSEL IN OPPOSITION TO HIM WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SHADOW JONES
large/9571/short_ghost_and_horror_collection_025_1411_librivox_64kb_mp3/ghohor025_17_various_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/9571/short_ghost_and_horror_collection_025_1411_librivox_64kb_mp3/ghohor025_17_various_64kb.flac