. The book of months . THE BOOK OF MONTHS He broke off suddenly. My God; if it only wasnt you! he said. I remember feeling then as if I was a piece ofmechanism external to myself. This mechanismsaw Dick sitting on the edge of the table, sawbreakfast waiting, and ate it, and spoke andmoved in obedience to an instinct that seemed tohave nothing to do with me. Behind, somewhere,sat Me watching what went on. No, a pentathlon by all means, said thetongue of the mechanism. Weve got to haveone more to last; and you go back to-morrow. It begins with croquet; Margery chosethat. Dicks eyebrow
. The book of months . THE BOOK OF MONTHS He broke off suddenly. My God; if it only wasnt you! he said. I remember feeling then as if I was a piece ofmechanism external to myself. This mechanismsaw Dick sitting on the edge of the table, sawbreakfast waiting, and ate it, and spoke andmoved in obedience to an instinct that seemed tohave nothing to do with me. Behind, somewhere,sat Me watching what went on. No, a pentathlon by all means, said thetongue of the mechanism. Weve got to haveone more to last; and you go back to-morrow. It begins with croquet; Margery chosethat. Dicks eyebrows suddenly grew into a frown,and he bit his lip. O Jack! he said. Then for a moment I took possession of themechanism. Its no use talking, I said, the thing isso, and all I can do at present is to behave with122. MAY some semblance of decency, anyhow, so thatMargery shall not know. I can manage thatperfectly, and it will give me something to is no use your being sorry for me, my dearman; besides, its not humanly possible for you,nor would it be for me, if I was in your place,to have sorrow predominant. Margery fills theworld for you; she does for me— No, not fills it, said he. You dontunderstand. I understand perfectly. Youre a decentsort of fellow, and—well, I am your no manner of good talking about it. Allwe settled last night I feel fuUy—fully. Doyou understand. I can only assure you it is happens—do you remember I do, and— Oh, for Gods sake, dont,Dick; theres a loathsome tear standing in eachof your green eyes. I never saw such a deviHshbehavior. Dick got off the table, turned his back to me,123
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