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B. was cheerful and frivolously inclined at the beginning of our walk (we were strolling down the Maximilian Strasse, after dinner); but as I talked to him, I was glad to notice that he gradually grew more serious and subdued. He is not really bad, you know, only thoughtless. B WAS CHEERFUL AND FRIVOLOUSLY INCLINED AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR WALK WE WAS STROLLING DOWN THE MAXIMILIAN'S TROUSER AFTER DINNER BUT AS I TALKED TO HIM I WAS GLAD TO NOTICE THAT HE GRADUALLY GREW MORE SERIOUS AND SUBDUED HE IS NOT REALLY BAD YOU KNOW ONLY THOUGHTLESS
ve done in my life that I should not have done recurred to me with painful vividness. (There seemed to be a goodish number of them, too.) I thought of all the disappointments and reverses I had experienced during my career; of all the injustice that I had suffered, and of all the unkind things that had been said and done to me. I thought of all the people I had known who were now dead, and whom I should never see again, of all the girls that I had loved, who were now married to other fellows, while I did not even know their present addresses. I pondered upon our earthly existence, upon how hollow, false, and transient it is, and how full of sorrow. I mused upon the wickedness of the world and of everybody in it, and the general cussedness of all things. I thought how foolish it was for B. and myself to be wasting our time, gadding about Europe in this silly way. What earthly enjoyment was there in travelling--being jolted about in stuffy trains, and overcharged at uncomfortable hotels?  DINNER ALL THE THINGS I HAVE DONE IN MY LIFE THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE RECURRED TO ME WITH PAINFUL VIVIDNESS THERE SEEMED TO BE A GOODISH NUMBER OF THEM TOO I THOUGHT OF ALL THE DISAPPOINTMENTS AND REVERSES I HAD EXPERIENCED DURING MY CAREER OF ALL THE INJUSTICE THAT I HAD SUFFERED AND OF ALL THE UNKIND THINGS THAT HAD BEEN SAID AND DONE TO ME I THOUGHT OF ALL THE PEOPLE I HAD KNOWN WHO WERE NOW DEAD AND WHOM I SHOULD NEVER SEE AGAIN OF ALL THE GIRLS THAT I HAD LOVED WHO WERE NOW MARRIED TO OTHER FELLOWS WHILE I DID NOT EVEN KNOW THEIR PRESENT ADDRESSES I PONDERED UPON OUR EARTHLY EXISTENCE UPON HOW HOLLOW FALSE AND TRANSIENT IT IS AND HOW FULL OF SORROW I MUSED UPON THE WICKEDNESS OF THE WORLD AND OF EVERYBODY IN IT AND THE GENERAL CUSSEDNESS OF ALL THINGS I THOUGHT HOW FOOLISH IT WAS FOR B AND MYSELF TO BE WASTING OUR TIME GADDING ABOUT EUROPE IN THIS SILLY WAY WHAT EARTHLY ENJOYMENT WAS THERE IN TRAVELING BEING JOLTED ABOUT IN STUFFY TRAINS AND OVERCHARGED AT UNCOMFORTABLE HOTELS
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