. George Meredith; his life and friends in relation to his work. concerning Merediths second wife, whichdeserves a place in any future compilation of theCuriosities of Coincidence. The Hardmans andMerediths were dining out together at the samehouse, and in Sir Williams words : The widow ofAndrew Crosse, the celebrated electrician, was there,a very lively and talkative lady, who chaffedMeredith immensely about a passage in RichardFeverel which had prejudiced her against ourfriend. ... It was kissing wont last, but cookerywill, as a piece of advice to persons about tomarry. On the drive home we
. George Meredith; his life and friends in relation to his work. concerning Merediths second wife, whichdeserves a place in any future compilation of theCuriosities of Coincidence. The Hardmans andMerediths were dining out together at the samehouse, and in Sir Williams words : The widow ofAndrew Crosse, the celebrated electrician, was there,a very lively and talkative lady, who chaffedMeredith immensely about a passage in RichardFeverel which had prejudiced her against ourfriend. ... It was kissing wont last, but cookerywill, as a piece of advice to persons about tomarry. On the drive home we discussed it withMrs Meredith (George riding outside, smoking acigar), and she said that when she was going tobe married, an old aunt wrote her a letter of dis-couragement and encouragement, saying inter aliathat she had read somewhere, years ago, in a bookwhose title she had forgotten, that kissing wontlast, but cookery will. Was not this singular whenshe was going to be married to the very man whohad written it ? As already intimated, Adrian Harley, the most. / • Maurice FitzGerald, the original ok Adrian Harley inRichard Feveral From the pencil portrait^ by Savniel Laurence, in the possession of his Son MAURICE FITZGERALD 99 humorous creation in the book, was drawn to alarge extent from Merediths intimate friend,Maurice FitzGerald. As he was the gourmeticinstrument that brought Mrs Ockendens art toperfect expression, he appropriately attained im-mortalisation jointly with her at the hands of thefriend who had shared with him the joys of thatgood womans superlative cookery in Seaford might compile a handbook of wise aphorismsculled from The Wise Youths entertaining philos-ophy. His sardonic humour is perhaps at its bestin that inimitable scene where he presents portionsof Richards wedding-cake to reluctant relatives,in particular to Uncle Hippias, who terms the stuffpoison. In spite of being the ideal bachelor,Adrians original, Maurice FitzGerald, whose creedcompri
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