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"
He
doesn
’
t
pretend
to
be
a
genius
.
He
doesn
’
t
even
make
much
money
on
the
Stock
Exchange
.
But
he
’
s
awfully
good
and
kind
.
"
"
I
think
I
should
like
him
very
much
.
"
"
I
’
ll
ask
you
to
dine
with
us
quietly
some
time
,
but
mind
,
you
come
at
your
own
risk
;
don
’
t
blame
me
if
you
have
a
very
dull
evening
.
"
But
when
at
last
I
met
Charles
Strickland
,
it
was
under
circumstances
which
allowed
me
to
do
no
more
than
just
make
his
acquaintance
.
One
morning
Mrs
.
Strickland
sent
me
round
a
note
to
say
that
she
was
giving
a
dinner
-
party
that
evening
,
and
one
of
her
guests
had
failed
her
.
She
asked
me
to
stop
the
gap
.
She
wrote
:
"
It
’
s
only
decent
to
warn
you
that
you
will
be
bored
to
extinction
.
It
was
a
thoroughly
dull
party
from
the
beginning
,
but
if
you
will
come
I
shall
be
uncommonly
grateful
.
And
you
and
I
can
have
a
little
chat
by
ourselves
.
"
It
was
only
neighbourly
to
accept
.
When
Mrs
.
Strickland
introduced
me
to
her
husband
,
he
gave
me
a
rather
indifferent
hand
to
shake
.
Turning
to
him
gaily
,
she
attempted
a
small
jest
.
"
I
asked
him
to
show
him
that
I
really
had
a
husband
.
I
think
he
was
beginning
to
doubt
it
.
"
Strickland
gave
the
polite
little
laugh
with
which
people
acknowledge
a
facetiousness
in
which
they
see
nothing
funny
,
but
did
not
speak
.
New
arrivals
claimed
my
host
’
s
attention
,
and
I
was
left
to
myself
.
When
at
last
we
were
all
assembled
,
waiting
for
dinner
to
be
announced
,
I
reflected
,
while
I
chatted
with
the
woman
I
had
been
asked
to
"
take
in
,
"
that
civilised
man
practises
a
strange
ingenuity
in
wasting
on
tedious
exercises
the
brief
span
of
his
life
.
It
was
the
kind
of
party
which
makes
you
wonder
why
the
hostess
has
troubled
to
bid
her
guests
,
and
why
the
guests
have
troubled
to
come
.
There
were
ten
people
.
They
met
with
indifference
,
and
would
part
with
relief
.
It
was
,
of
course
,
a
purely
social
function
.
The
Stricklands
"
owed
"
dinners
to
a
number
of
persons
,
whom
they
took
no
interest
in
,
and
so
had
asked
them
;
these
persons
had
accepted
.
Why
?
To
avoid
the
tedium
of
dining
tete
-
a
-
tete
,
to
give
their
servants
a
rest
,
because
there
was
no
reason
to
refuse
,
because
they
were
"
owed
"
a
dinner
.
