![]() ![]() In the course of the last two or three years, however, he had noticed that his sombre and tubercular manner was no longer having quite the effect it had once had, particularly on young ladies. He had been of a melancholy and listless cast of mind, the victim of the beauty and sadness of the universe. ![]() From the age of sixteen when he had first become interested in books, much to the distress of his father, he had paid little heed to physical and sporting matters. so eloquent, so succinct! All the same, once he had spent an hour or two pondering by his mother’s grave he decided to call it a day because, after all, one does not want to overdo the lurking in graveyards. Besides, as you might expect, he was fond of graveyards he enjoyed brooding in them and letting his heart respond to the abbreviated biographies he found engraved in their stones. “In Fleury’s day, however, the grass was cut and the graves well cared for. ![]()
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