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Whose the hand that proffered it, or what the form it took, he cared no more than a stray kitten cares whether the milk set down to it be in a blue saucer or a white. But he always made the right return. WHO'S THE HAND THAT PROFFERED IT OR WHAT THE FORM IT TOOK HE CARED NO MORE THAN A STRAY KITTEN CARES WHETHER THE MILK SET DOWN TO IT BE IN A BLUE SAUCER OR A WHITE BUT HE ALWAYS MADE THE RIGHT RETURN
e it better if it were “This, too, shall pass.” Gibbie’s agony passed, for God is not the God of the dead but of the living. Through the immortal essence in him, life became again life, and he ran about the streets as before. Some may think that wee Sir Gibbie--as many now called him, some knowing the truth, and others in kindly mockery--would get on all the better for the loss of such a father; but it was not so. In his father he had lost his Paradise, and was now a creature expelled. He was not so much to be pitied as many a child dismissed by sudden decree from a home to a school; but the streets and the people and the shops, the horses and the dogs, even the penny-loaves though he was hungry, had lost half their precious delight, when his father was no longer in the accessible background, the heart of the blissful city. As to food and clothing, he did neither much better nor any worse than before: people were kind as usual, and kindness was to Gibbie the very milk of mother Nature. RD I SHOULD LIKE IT BETTER IF IT WERE QUOTE THIS TOO SHALL PASS IN QUOTE GIBBEY'S AGONY PASSED FOR GOD IS NOT THE GOD OF THE DEAD BUT OF THE LIVING THROUGH THE IMMORTAL ESSENCE IN HIM LIFE BECAME AGAIN LIFE AND HE RAN ABOUT THE STREETS AS BEFORE SOME MAY THINK THAT WE SIR GIBBEY AS MANY NOW CALLED HIM SOME KNOWING THE TRUTH AND OTHERS IN KINDLY MOCKERY WOULD GET ON ALL THE BETTER FOR THE LOSS OF SUCH A FATHER BUT IT WAS NOT SO IN HIS FATHER HE HAD LOST HIS PARADISE AND WAS NOW A CREATURE EXPELLED HE WAS NOT SO MUCH TO BE PITIED AS MANY A CHILD DISMISSED BY SUDDEN DECREE FROM A HOME TO A SCHOOL BUT THE STREETS AND THE PEOPLE AND THE SHOPS THE HORSES AND THE DOGS EVEN THE PENNY LOAVES THOUGH HE WAS HUNGRY HAD LOST HALF THEIR PRECIOUS DELIGHT WHEN HIS FATHER WAS NO LONGER IN THE ACCESSIBLE BACKGROUND THE HEART OF THE BLISSFUL CITY AS TO FOOD AND CLOTHING HE DID NEITHER MUCH BETTER NOR ANY WORSE THAN BEFORE PEOPLE WERE KIND AS USUAL AND KINDNESS WAS TO GIBBEY THE VERY MILK OF MOTHER NATURE
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