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You must be careful not to overdo it, but I suppose you would not walk that distance without permission from the doctor. YOU MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO OVERDO IT BUT I SUPPOSE YOU WOULD NOT WALK THAT DISTANCE WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE DOCTOR
ing 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. 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 tried to write to his father the kind of letter that his father would like, but he spent as little time as possible on the composition of it, knowing that his father was not critical in such thin2;s. To-nioht his letter ran as follows : — " My dear Father, " You may be assured that your last letter — stating that you have had no return of the sciatica — gave me great pleasure. I was delighted to hear that you managed to get as far as from our house to the cemetery. REARILY 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 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 HE TRIED TO WRITE HIS FATHER THE KIND OF LETTER THAT HIS FATHER WOULD LIKE BUT HE SPENT AS LITTLE TIME AS POSSIBLE ON THE COMPOSITION OF IT KNOWING THAT HIS FATHER WAS NOT CRITICAL IN SUCH THINGS TO NIGHT HIS LETTER RAN AS FOLLOWS MY DEAR FATHER YOU MAY BE ASSURED THAT YOUR LAST LETTER STATING THAT YOU HAVE HAD NO RETURN OF THE SCIATICA GAVE ME GREAT PLEASURE I WAS DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT YOU MANAGED TO GET AS FAR FROM OUR HOUSE TO THE CEMETERY
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