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He had always been given to much daydreaming, and it was in the silence of his rooms of an evening that he turned his phantasmal adventures into stories for the magazines; here had come to him many an editorial refusal, but here, too, he had received the news of his first unexpected success. All his happiest memories were embalmed in those shabby, badly furnished rooms. Now all was changed. HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN GIVEN TO MUCH DAY DREAMING AND IT WAS IN THE SILENCE OF HIS ROOMS OF AN EVENING THAT HE HAD TURNED HIS PHANTASMAL ADVENTURES INTO STORIES FOR THE MAGAZINES HERE HAD COME TO HIM MANY AN EDITORIAL REFUSAL BUT HERE TOO HE HAD RECEIVED THE NEWS OF HIS FIRST UNEXPECTED SUCCESS ALL HIS HAPPIEST MEMORIES WERE EMBALMED IN THOSE SHABBY BADLY FURNISHED ROOMS NOW ALL WAS CHANGED
ast did not count for nothing among the various factors which had determined his fate. Now, the past of only last year returned, and, strangely enough, this seemed farther removed from him than all the rest. He had been particularly strong, well, and happy this time last year. Nora was dismissed from his mind, and he had thrown all his energies into his work. His tastes were sane and simple, and his dingy, furnished rooms had become through habit very pleasant to him. In being his own, they were invested with a greater charm than another man's castle. Here he had smoked and studied, here he had made many a glorious voyage into the land of books. Many a homecoming, too, rose up before him out of the dark ungenial streets, to a clear blazing fire, a neatly laid cloth, an evening of ideal enjoyment; many a summer twilight when he mused at the open window, plunging his gaze deep into the recesses of his neighbour's lime-tree, where the unseen sparrows chattered with such unflagging gaiety. ER TREATMENT OF HIM IN THE PAST DID NOT COUNT FOR NOTHING AMONG THE VARIOUS FACTORS WHICH HAD DETERMINED HIS FATE NOW THE PAST OF ONLY LAST YEAR RETURNED AND STRANGELY ENOUGH THIS SEEMED FARTHER REMOVED FROM HIM THAN ALL THE REST HE HAD BEEN PARTICULARLY STRONG WELL AND HAPPY THIS TIME LAST YEAR NORAH WAS DISMISSED FROM HIS MIND AND HE HAD THROWN ALL HIS ENERGIES INTO HIS WORK HIS TASTES WERE SANE AND SIMPLE AND HIS DINGY FURNISHED ROOMS HAD BECOME THROUGH HABIT VERY PLEASANT TO HIM IN BEING HIS OWN THEY WERE INVESTED WITH A GREATER CHARM THAN ANOTHER MAN'S CASTLE HERE HE HAD SMOKED AND STUDIED HERE HE HAD MADE MANY A GLORIOUS VOYAGE INTO THE LAND OF BOOKS MANY A HOME COMING TOO ROSE UP BEFORE HIM OUT OF THE DARK UNGENIAL STREETS TO A CLEAR BLAZING FIRE A NEATLY LAID CLOTH AN EVENING OF IDEAL ENJOYMENT MANY A SUMMER TWILIGHT WHEN HE MUSED AT THE OPEN WINDOW PLUNGING HIS GAZE DEEP INTO THE RECESSES OF HIS NEIGHBOR'S LIME TREE WHERE THE UNSEEN SPARROWS CHATTED WITH SUCH UNFLAGGING GAIETY
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