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I say such things to Titbottom, during the dull season at the office. And I have known him sometimes to reply, with a kind of dry, sad humor, not as if he enjoyed the joke, but as if the joke must be made, that he saw no reason why I should be dull because the season was so. I SAY SUCH THINGS TO TIT BOTTOM DURING THE DULL SEASON AT THE OFFICE AND I HAVE KNOWN HIM SOMETIMES TO REPLY WITH A KIND OF DRY SAD HUMOUR NOT AS IF HE ENJOYED THE JOKE BUT AS IF THE JOKE MUST BE MADE THAT HE SAW NO REASON WHY I SHOULD BE DULL BECAUSE THE SEASON WAS SO
erybody else. "I have no doubt that when Aurelia is engaged, people will say she is a most admirable girl, certainly; but they cannot understand why any man should be in love with her. As if it were at all necessary that they should! And her lover, like a boy who finds a pearl in the public street, and wonders as much that others did not see it as that he did, will tremble until he knows his passion is returned; feeling, of course, that the whole world must be in love with this paragon, who cannot possibly smile upon anything so unworthy as he. "I hope, therefore, my dear Mrs. Prue," I continue, and my wife looks up, with pleased pride, from her work, as if I were such an irresistible humorist, "you will allow me to believe that the depth may be calm, although the surface is dancing. If you tell me that Aurelia is but a giddy girl, I shall believe that you think so. But I shall know, all the while, what profound dignity, and sweetness, and peace, lie at the foundation of her character. RESS IS APT TO BE AN ENIGMA TO EVERYBODY ELSE I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WHEN A REALIA IS ENGAGED PEOPLE WILL SAY SHE IS A MOST ADMIRABLE GIRL CERTAINLY BUT THEY CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY ANY MAN SHOULD BE IN LOVE WITH HER AS IF IT WERE AT ALL NECESSARY THAT THEY SHOULD AND HER LOVER LIKE A BOY WHO FINDS A PEARL IN THE PUBLIC STREET AND WONDERS AS MUCH THAT OTHERS DID NOT SEE IT AS THAT HE DID WILL TREMBLE UNTIL HE KNOWS HIS PASSION IS RETURNED FEELING OF COURSE THAT THE WHOLE WORLD MUST BE IN LOVE WITH THIS PARAGON WHO CANNOT POSSIBLY SMILE UPON ANYTHING SO UNWORTHY AS HE I HOPE THEREFORE MY DEAR MISSUS PRUE I CONTINUE AND MY WIFE LOOKS UP WITH PLEASED PRIDE FROM HER WORK AS IF I WERE SUCH AN IRRESISTIBLE HUMORIST YOU WILL ALLOW ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE DEPTH MAY BE CALM ALTHOUGH THE SURFACE IS DANCING IF YOU TELL ME THAT AURELIA IS BUT A GIDDY GIRL I SHALL BELIEVE THAT YOU THINK SO BUT I SHALL KNOW ALL THE WHILE WHAT PROFOUND DIGNITY AND SWEETNESS AND PEACE LIE AT THE FOUNDATION OF HER CHARACTER
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