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The elder Burn age had started life with a small shop, and although he had long ago retired from his business he had never been able to feel properly ashamed of it ; and he never said even a passably brilliant thing about the THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. 43 commercial spirit and the middle classes. THE ELDER BURNISH HAD STARTED LIFE WITH A SMALL SHOP AND ALTHOUGH HE HAD LONG AGO RETIRED FROM HIS BUSINESS HE HAD NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FEEL PROPERLY ASHAMED OF IT AND HE NEVER EVEN SAID A PASSIVELY BRILLIANT THING ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL SPIRIT AND MIDDLE CLASSES
aining- 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. 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. IS 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 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
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