Then
suddenly the sun passed into the lower stratum of cloud, and the
splendour died almost at once, except that there remained the
northern half of the rainbow, which had become double. In the
west, the clouds were still glorious for a time; there were two
shaped like great expanded wings, edged with refulgence.'
'Stop!' cried Biffen, 'or I shall clutch you by the throat. I
warned you before that I can't stand those reminiscences.'
'Live in hope. Scrape together twenty pounds, and go there, if
you die of hunger afterwards.'
'I shall never have twenty shillings,' was the despondent answer.
'I feel sure you will sell "Mr Bailey."'
'It's kind of you to encourage me; but if "Mr Bailey" is ever
sold I don't mind undertaking to eat my duplicate of the proofs.'
'But now, you remember what led me to that. What does a man care
for any woman on earth when he is absorbed in contemplation of
that kind?'
'But it is only one of life's satisfactions.'
'I am only maintaining that it is the best, and infinitely
preferable to sexual emotion. It leaves, no doubt, no bitterness
of any kind.
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