The academician . n progressing lately ? As brilliantly as ever, answeredHubert, with a sharp laugh. I shall bePresident soon! When will you be patientV askedMabel, reproachfully. A WINDFALL. 259 I am patient. I dont stop working,said Hubert, stolidly. No. But youre always complaining,Mabel could not help saying, a littlewarmly perhaps. How people didgrumble! Only to you, Hubert said in a softertone. You dont suppose I wear myheart on my sleeve for every ones benefit,do you ? However, I dare say youre isnt manly to show any feeling of anykind. One must be a perfect stoic. You know I d
The academician . n progressing lately ? As brilliantly as ever, answeredHubert, with a sharp laugh. I shall bePresident soon! When will you be patientV askedMabel, reproachfully. A WINDFALL. 259 I am patient. I dont stop working,said Hubert, stolidly. No. But youre always complaining,Mabel could not help saying, a littlewarmly perhaps. How people didgrumble! Only to you, Hubert said in a softertone. You dont suppose I wear myheart on my sleeve for every ones benefit,do you ? However, I dare say youre isnt manly to show any feeling of anykind. One must be a perfect stoic. You know I didnt mean that, Mabelsaid. I am only sorry you should alwaysbe so despondent, because I cant helpthinking that continual brooding over hisdisappointments must take away from apersons power of putting the very best hehas into his work. 26o THE ACADEMICIAN. Of course youre right, said Hubertagain, but this time iu a less ironical tone. You always make me feel ashamed ofmyself, although you give me fresh courage, CHAPTER XII. A NEW FRIEND. Hubert was in sore need of a helpinghand just at this time. He was leadinga life which, to a young man brought upas he had been, was calculated sooner orlater to tell upon his health. He had beenused to riding and hunting, had alwayspassed the greater part of each day outof doors, had been as ignorant as a childof the cares and worries which beset thepoor. True, he had enough to buy bread-and-cheese with from the years beginning 262 THE ACADEMICIAN. to its end ; he was far better off in thatrespect than the journalist who lived onthe opposite side of the landing, and whosedaily food depended on the copy that costhim so much labour to write, and whichwas of such trivial value when it wasdone. Hubert had taken up his life bravelyenough, believing that he had countedthe cost and that he was ready to bearany privations for his arts sake, but—hehad not been in love then. The daywThich should bring him fame had notseemed so hopelessly far off a
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