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There was no change in his expression. He still looked from the window, and I said: "Titbottom, I did not know that you used glasses. I have never seen you wearing spectacles." THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN HIS EXPRESSION HE STILL LOOKED FROM THE WINDOW AND I SAID TIT BOTTOM I DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU USED GLASSES I HAVE NEVER SEEN YOU WEARING SPECTACLES
entury, and another zone." Then he falls into a silence which it seems quite profane to interrupt. But as we sit upon our high stools, at the desk, opposite each other, I leaning upon my elbows, and looking at him, he, with sidelong face, glancing out of the window, as if it commanded a boundless landscape, instead of a dim, dingy office court, I cannot refrain from saying: "Well!" He turns slowly, and I go chatting on,--a little too loquacious perhaps, about those young girls. But I know that Titbottom regards such an excess as venial, for his sadness is so sweet that you could believe it the reflection of a smile from long, long years ago. One day, after I had been talking for a long time, and we had put up our books, and were preparing to leave, he stood for some time by the window, gazing with a drooping intentness, as if he really saw something more than the dark court, and said slowly: "Perhaps you would have different impressions of things, if you saw them through my spectacles. TED AIR I WHOSE AURELIAS WERE OF ANOTHER CENTURY AND ANOTHER ZONE THEN HE FALLS INTO A SILENCE WHICH IT SEEMS QUITE PROFANE TO INTERRUPT BUT AS WE SIT UPON OUR HIGH STOOLS AT THE DESK OPPOSITE EACH OTHER I LEANING UPON MY ELBOWS AND LOOKING AT HIM HE WITH SIDELONG FACE GLANCING OUT OF THE WINDOW AS IF IT COMMANDED A BOUNDLESS LANDSCAPE INSTEAD OF A DIM DINGY OFFICE COURT I CANNOT REFRAIN FROM SAYING WELL HE TURNS SLOWLY AND I GO CHATTING ON A LITTLE TOO LOQUACIOUS PERHAPS ABOUT THOSE YOUNG GIRLS BUT I KNOW THAT TIT BOTTOM REGARDS SUCH AN EXCESS AS VENAL FOR HIS SADNESS IS SO SWEET THAT YOU COULD BELIEVE IT THE REFLECTION OF A SMILE FROM LONG LONG YEARS AGO ONE AFTER I HAD BEEN TALKING FOR A LONG TIME AND WE HAD PUT UP OUR BOOKS AND WERE PREPARING TO LEAVE HE STOOD FOR SOME TIME BY THE WINDOW GAZING WITH A DROOPING INTENTNESS AS IF HE REALLY SAW SOMETHING MORE THAN THE DARK COURT AND SAID SLOWLY PERHAPS YOU WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT IMPRESSIONS OF THINGS IF YOU SAW THEM THROUGH MY SPECTACLES
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