. Stevensoniana; an anecdotal life and appreciation of Robert Louis Stevenson. Edited from the writings of Barrie [and others]. ggested several hats and caps, and Louis at first seemedinterested; but having at last hit upon one which appeared tous pleasing and decorous, we turned for a moment to inquirethe price. We turned back, and found that Louis had fled, theidea of parting with the shapeless object having proved toopainful to be entertained. . In those early days he suffered many indignities on accountof his extreme youthfulness of appearance and absence of self-assertion. He was at
. Stevensoniana; an anecdotal life and appreciation of Robert Louis Stevenson. Edited from the writings of Barrie [and others]. ggested several hats and caps, and Louis at first seemedinterested; but having at last hit upon one which appeared tous pleasing and decorous, we turned for a moment to inquirethe price. We turned back, and found that Louis had fled, theidea of parting with the shapeless object having proved toopainful to be entertained. . In those early days he suffered many indignities on accountof his extreme youthfulness of appearance and absence of self-assertion. He was at Inverness,—being five or six and twentyat the time,—and had taken a room in a hotel. Coming backabout dinner-time, he asked the hour of table dhote, whereuponthe landlady said, in a motherly way : Oh, I knew you wouldntlike to sit in there among the grown-up people, so I ve had aplace put for you in the bar. There was a frolic at the RoyalHotel, Bathgate, in the summer of 1879. Louis was lunchingalone, and the maid, considering him a negligible quantity, cameand leaned out of the window. This outrage on the proprieties. 6.
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