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1336
In this and in a hundred other little ways the change showed, ways difficult to define in detail, but all proving—not the coarsening effect of leading the primitive life, but, let us say, the more direct and unvarnished methods that became prevalent. IN THIS AND IN A HUNDRED OTHER LITTLE WAYS THE CHANGE SHOWED WAYS DIFFICULT TO DEFINE IN DETAIL BUT ALL PROVING NOT THE COARSENING EFFECT OF LEADING THE PRIMITIVE LIFE BUT LET US SAY THE MORE DIRECT AND UNVARNISHED METHODS THAT HAD BECOME PREVALENT
oughts, and I was for ever analysing and searching for the explanation that took so long in coming. "I declare, Hubbard, you're tanned like an aboriginal, and you look like one, too," laughed Maloney. "And I can return the compliment," was my reply, as we all gathered round a brew of tea to exchange news and compare notes. And later, at supper, it amused me to observe that the distinguished tutor, once clergyman, did not eat his food quite as "nicely" as he did at home—he devoured it; that Mrs. Maloney ate more, and, to say the least, with less delay, than was her custom in the select atmosphere of her English dining-room; and that while Joan attacked her tin plateful with genuine avidity, Sangree, the Canadian, bit and gnawed at his, laughing and talking and complimenting the cook all the while, and making me think with secret amusement of a starved animal at its first meal. While, from their remarks about myself, I judged that I had changed and grown wild as much as the rest of them. OF SANGREE WAS NEVER FAR FROM MY THOUGHTS AND I WAS FOREVER ANALYZING AND SEARCHING FOR THE EXPLANATION THAT TOOK SO LONG IN COMING I DECLARE HUBBARD YOU'RE TANNED LIKE AN ABORIGINAL AND YOU LOOK LIKE ONE TOO LAUGHED MALONEY AND I CAN RETURN THE COMPLIMENT WAS MY REPLY AS WE ALL GATHERED ROUND A BREW OF TEA TO EXCHANGE NEWS AND COMPARE NOTES AND LATER AT SUPPER IT AMUSED ME TO OBSERVE THAT THE DISTINGUISHED TUTOR ONCE CLERGYMAN DID NOT EAT HIS FOOD QUITE AS NICELY AS HE DID AT HOME HE DEVOURED IT THAT MISSUS MALONEY ATE MORE AND TO SAY THE LEAST WITH LESS DELAY THAN WAS HER CUSTOM IN THE SELECT ATMOSPHERE OF HER ENGLISH DINING ROOM AND THAT WHILE JOAN ATTACKED HER TIN PLATEFUL WITH GENUINE AVIDITY SANGREE THE CANADIAN BIT AND GNAWED AT HIS LAUGHING AND TALKING AND COMPLIMENTING THE COOK ALL THE WHILE AND MAKING ME THINK WITH SECRET AMUSEMENT OF A STARVED ANIMAL AT ITS FIRST MEAL WHILE FROM THEIR REMARKS ABOUT MYSELF I JUDGED THAT I HAD CHANGED AND GROWN WILD AS MUCH AS THE REST OF THEM
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