. Beauty for ashes. ark as to how the com-mittee felt disposed toward the bill, that I was rigidwith a tension that came near lock-jaw. I remem-bered, afterwards, the well-appointed table to whichwe sat down, and the fact that many tempting disheswere served, but I could not recall anything that cameafter the soup. My letter to the club, Mr. Grout had told me, hadwon by being practical and business-like. Fearful ofspoiling that impression by some unguarded word, Iheld on to myself as one riding a broncho down asteep mountain path. I remember checking myselfin a description of the conditions of
. Beauty for ashes. ark as to how the com-mittee felt disposed toward the bill, that I was rigidwith a tension that came near lock-jaw. I remem-bered, afterwards, the well-appointed table to whichwe sat down, and the fact that many tempting disheswere served, but I could not recall anything that cameafter the soup. My letter to the club, Mr. Grout had told me, hadwon by being practical and business-like. Fearful ofspoiling that impression by some unguarded word, Iheld on to myself as one riding a broncho down asteep mountain path. I remember checking myselfin a description of the conditions of the poor, forfear I should verge on sentiment. If anything makes it difficult to maintain a loftydignity it is to sit in chairs built for great men, con-scious that you cant reach the floor. Ive always no-ticed how much more easily impressive are large peo-ple, with the stately step of avoirdupois, the judicialaspect of massive cheek and chin, the big voice thatgoes with physical strength, the force of ponderosity!.
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