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own epitaphs."
Farrar was very quick at this sort of thing; and now that the steering
Celebrity. But he, if he were conscious, gave no sign of it.
"They ought to be buried so that they could not dig themselves up," he
lived in an unappreciative age.html">age."
"One I happen to have in mind, however, lives in an appreciative age.
so. And yet there are some women I know.html">know of who would not write an
of us are fortunate enough to have had our eyes opened."
I thought the Celebrity stirred uneasily.
"Have you read.html">read.html">read The Sybarites?" she asked.
Farrar was puzzled.
"No," said he sententiously, "and I don't want to."
"I know the average man thinks it a disgrace to have read it. And you
a strong moral. There are men who might read that book.html">book and be a great
every bit as effectual as their own epitaphs."
He was not quite sure of her drift, but he perceived that she was still
story, and then you can judge of its fitness. The hero is called Victor
who has been hampered by an indulgent parent with a large fortune.
kind,--now from Bohemian glass, now from vessels of gold and silver. He
the Bowery or a supper at Sherry's with a ready versatility. The book,
idea of what is called 'high-life.html">life.'
"It is some time before Desmond discovers that he possesses the gift of
goes he unwittingly breaks a heart, and sometimes two or three. This
throws himself on a lounge before his fire in a fit of self-deprecation,
his character starts to develop. And he makes a heroic resolve, not to
live a life of usefulness and seclusion, which was certainly considerate.
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