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Then he proceeded to write two letters. His first letter was to his father, and Henry Burnage's letters to his father were exceed  ingly unlike his letters to anybody else. THEN HE PROCEEDED TO WRITE TWO LETTERS HIS FIRST LETTER WAS TO HIS FATHER AND HENRY BURNAGE'S LETTERS TO HIS FATHER WERE EXCEEDINGLY UNLIKE HIS LETTERS TO ANYBODY ELSE
e seemed to hear music ; the wedding march took its memorable downward sweep, curled over the key-note, and broke at his feet. It moved upwards again, changed to a slow, straining- waltz that beat its great wings regularly — upwards into the rarefied atmosphere of the passionate lover, where the whole world stopped, and one kiss continued. 42 THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. He had arrived slowly at his resolution — beginning with criticism and ending in ecstasy, just at the last, warming a cold ambition by the fires of love, or the nearest that he could get to love. He was glad that the resolution was taken ; it had been hovering in his mind for some time. He felt a kind of importance in consequence of it ; he seemed to himself to be embarking on a fresh epoch in his existence. He dined at his club, and dined well. Thoughts of a love-touched future, black coffee, a small o-lass of kirsch, and another of the cigarettes that could only be obtained by favour occupied him for the next two minutes.  AT HIM AND HER LOW VOICE TO TELL HIM HOW GOOD HE WAS HE SEEMED TO HEAR MUSIC THE WEDDING MARCH TOOK ITS MEMORABLE DOWNWARD SWEEP CURLED OVER THE KEYNOTE AND BROKE AT HIS FEET IT MOVED UPWARDS AGAIN CHANGED TO A SLOW STRAINING WALTZ THAT BEAT ITS GREAT WINGS REGULARLY UPWARDS INTO THE RARE FIELD ATMOSPHERE OF THE PASSIONATE LOVER WHERE THE WHOLE WORLD STOPPED AND ONE KISS CONTINUED HE HAD ARRIVED SLOWLY AT HIS RESOLUTION BEGINNING WITH CRITICISM AND ENDING IN ECSTASY JUST AT THE LAST WARMING A COLD AMBITION BY THE FIRES OF LOVE OR THE NEAREST THAT HE COULD GET TO LOVE HE WAS GLAD THAT THE RESOLUTION WAS TAKEN IT HAD BEEN HOVERING IN HIS MIND FOR SOME TIME HE FELT A KIND OF IMPORTANCE IN CONSEQUENCE OF IT HE SEEMED TO HIMSELF TO BE EMBARKING ON A FRESH EPOCH IN HIS EXISTENCE HE DINED AT HIS CLUB AND DINED WELL THOUGHTS OF THE LOVE TOUCHED FUTURE BLACK COFFEE A SMALL GLASS OF KERCHED AND ANOTHER OF THE CIGARETTES THAT COULD ONLY BE OBTAINED BY FAVOUR OCCUPIED HIM FOR THE NEXT TWO MINUTES
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