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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. 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
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. 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. This alone made him different from the kind of man that his son was. The father was somewhat Puritanical, and quite uncultured ; here again the son was different. In a more humorous 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 ? CUPIED 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 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 THIS ALONE MADE HIM DIFFERENT FROM THE KIND OF MAN THAT HIS SON WAS THE FATHER WAS SOMEWHAT PURITANICAL AND QUITE 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
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