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He tried to write to his father the kind of letter that his father would like, but he spent as little time as possible on the composition of it, knowing that his father was not critical in such thin2;s. HE TRIED TO WRITE HIS FATHER THE KIND OF LETTER THAT HIS FATHER WOULD LIKE BUT HE SPENT AS LITTLE TIME AS POSSIBLE ON THE COMPOSITION OF IT KNOWING THAT HIS FATHER WAS NOT CRITICAL IN SUCH THINGS
 moment the father would some- times say : " Have you been buying any aesthetic things lately, Henry ? " What was to be done with such a man — a man who could never succeed in forgetting the back numbers of Punch — a man who was quite crude and point-blank — a man who could never be convinced that he misunderstood another man's point of view, and yet always did misunderstand it ? Henry could only sigh drearily, and try to read the essays of Matthew Arnold without noticing that their severest thrusts went straight through his own father — happily ignorant of the assault, and quite contented. Just as a mean motive and a more generous motive had made Henry decide to marry Angela, a mixture of motives influenced him in the treatment of his father. He was not without filial affection, but he 44 THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. also wondered, occasionally, in what proportion his father would, in his last will and testa- ment, divide his property between him and his very plain and unattractive sister. E UNCULTURED HERE AGAIN THE SON WAS DIFFERENT IN A MORE HUMOROUS MOMENT THE FATHER WOULD SOMETIMES SAY HAVE YOU BEEN BUYING ANY ESTHETIC THINGS LATELY HENRY WHAT WAS TO BE DONE WITH SUCH A MAN A MAN WHO COULD NEVER SUCCEED IN FORGETTING THE BACK NUMBERS OF PUNCH A MAN WHO IS QUITE CRUDE AND POINT BLANK A MAN WHO COULD NEVER BE CONVINCED THAT HE MISUNDERSTOOD ANOTHER MAN'S POINT OF VIEW AND YET ALWAYS DID MISUNDERSTAND IT HENRY COULD ONLY SIGH DREARILY AND TRY TO READ THE ESSAYS OF MATTHEW ARNOLD WITHOUT NOTICING THAT THEIR SEVERAL THOUGHTS WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH HIS OWN FATHER HAPPILY IGNORANT OF THE ASSAULT AND QUITE CONTENTED JUST AS A MEAN MOTIVE AND A MORE GENEROUS MOTIVE HAD MADE HENRY DECIDE TO MARRY ANGELA A MIXTURE OF MOTIVES INFLUENCED HIM IN THE TREATMENT OF HIS FATHER HE WAS NOT WITHOUT FILIAL AFFECTION BUT HE ALSO WONDERED OCCASIONALLY IN WHAT PROPORTION HIS FATHER WOULD IN HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT DIVIDE HIS PROPERTY BETWEEN HIM AND HIS VERY PLAIN AND UNATTRACTIVE SISTER
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