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1823
He said he did not want to see another child or hear another child until he got home. He wanted to forget that there were such things as children in the world. HE SAID HE DID NOT WANT TO SEE ANOTHER CHILD OR HEAR ANOTHER CHILD UNTIL HE GOT HOME HE WANTED TO FORGET THAT THERE WERE SUCH THINGS AS CHILDREN IN THE WORLD
 was telling his wife when we entered the room that if the holidays were to last much longer and those twins did not hurry up and get their teeth quickly, he should have to go away and join the County Council. He could not stand the racket. His wife said she could not see what he had to complain of. She was sure better-hearted children no man could have. Our friend said he didn't care a straw about their hearts. It was their legs and arms and lungs that were driving him crazy. He also said that he would go out with us and get away from it for a bit, or he should go mad. He proposed a theater, and we accordingly made our way toward the Strand. Our friend, in closing the door behind him, said he could not tell us what a relief it was to get away from those children. He said he loved children very much indeed, but that it was a mistake to have too much of anything, however much you liked it, and that he had come to the conclusion that twenty-two hours a day of them was enough for any one. L THE CHILDREN HE WAS TELLING HIS WIFE WHEN WE ENTERED THE ROOM THAT IF THE HOLIDAYS WERE TO LAST MUCH LONGER THOSE TWINS DID NOT HURRY UP AND GET THEIR TEETH QUICKLY HE SHOULD HAVE TO GO AWAY AND JOIN THE COUNTER COUNCIL HE COULD NOT STAND THE RACKET HIS WIFE SAID SHE COULD NOT SEE WHAT HE HAD TO COMPLAIN OF SHE WAS SURE BETTER HEARTED CHILDREN NO MAN COULD HAVE OUR FRIENDS SAID HE DIDN'T CARE A STRAW ABOUT THEIR HEARTS IT WAS THEIR LEGS AND ARMS AND LUNGS THAT WERE DRIVING AND CRAZING HE ALSO SAID THAT HE WOULD GO OUT WITH US AND GET AWAY FROM IT FOR A BIT OR HE SHOULD GO MAD HE PROPOSED A THEATRE AND WE ACCORDINGLY MADE OUR WAY TOWARD THE STRAND OUR FRIEND IN CLOSING THE DOOR BEHIND HIM SAID HE COULD NOT TELL US WHAT A RELIEF IT WAS TO GET AWAY FROM ALL THOSE CHILDREN HE SAID HE LOVED CHILDREN VERY MUCH INDEED BUT IT WAS A MISTAKE TO HAVE TOO MUCH OF ANYTHING HOWEVER MUCH HE LIKED IT AND THAT HE COULD COME TO ONE CONCLUSION THAT TWENTY FOUR HOURS A DAY OF THEM WAS ENOUGH FOR ANY ONE
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