The four men; a farrago . THE TWENTY-NINTH OFOCTOBER 1902. THE FOUR MEN THE TWENTY-NINTH OF OCTOBER1902 Nine years ago, as I was sitting in theGeorge at Robertsbridge, drinking thatport of theirs and staring at the fire, therearose in me a multitude of thoughts throughwhich at last came floating a vision of thewoods of home and of another place—^the lakewhere the Arun rises. And I said to myself, inside my own mind: What are you doing? You are upon some business that takes you far, not even 8 4 THE BEGINNING for ambition or for adventure, but only toearn. And you will cross the sea and earnyou
The four men; a farrago . THE TWENTY-NINTH OFOCTOBER 1902. THE FOUR MEN THE TWENTY-NINTH OF OCTOBER1902 Nine years ago, as I was sitting in theGeorge at Robertsbridge, drinking thatport of theirs and staring at the fire, therearose in me a multitude of thoughts throughwhich at last came floating a vision of thewoods of home and of another place—^the lakewhere the Arun rises. And I said to myself, inside my own mind: What are you doing? You are upon some business that takes you far, not even 8 4 THE BEGINNING for ambition or for adventure, but only toearn. And you will cross the sea and earnyour money, and you will come back andspend more than you have earned. But allthe while your life runs past you like a river,and the things that are of moment to menyou do not heed at all. As I thought this kind of thing and stilldrank up that port, the woods that overhangthe reaches of my river came back to me soclearly that for the sake of them, and toenjoy their beauty, I put my hand in front ofmy eyes, and I saw with every delicate appealthat ones own
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