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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 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
 cheese. Then it occurred to me that it was a pity to waste it after having ordered it, and, besides, I might get to like it before I had finished. The taste for most of the good things of this world has to be acquired. _I_ can remember the time when I did not like beer. So I mixed up everything on the plate all together--made a sort of salad of it, in fact--and ate it with a spoon. A more disagreeable dish I have never tasted since the days when I used to do Willie Evans's "dags," by walking twice through a sewer, and was subsequently, on returning home, promptly put to bed, and made to eat brimstone and treacle. I felt very sad after 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. T I WOULD NOT EAT ANY MORE OF THIS CHEESE THEN IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT IT WAS A PITY TO WASTE IT AFTER HAVING ORDERED IT AND BESIDES I MIGHT GET TO LIKE IT BEFORE I HAD FINISHED A TASTE FOR MOST OF THE GOOD THINGS OF THIS WORLD HAS TO BE ACQUIRED I CAN REMEMBER THE TIME WHEN I DID NOT LIKE BEER SO I MIXED UP EVERYTHING ON THE PLATE ALTOGETHER MADE A SORT OF SALAD OF IT IN FACT AND ATE IT WITH A SPOON A MORE DISAGREEABLE DISH I HAVE NEVER TASTED SINCE THE DAYS WHEN I USED TO DO WILLY EVANS'S DAGS BY WALKING TWICE THROUGH A SEWER AND WERE SUBSEQUENTLY ON RETURNING HOME PROMPTLY PUT TO BED AND MADE TO EAT BRIMSTONE AND TREACLE I FELT VERY SAD AFTER 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
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