Chapter 1

           Theoneopenedthedoorwithalatch-keyandwentin,followedbyayoungfellowwhoawkwardlyremovedhiscap. Heworeroughclothesthatsmackedofthesea,andhewasmanifestlyoutofplaceinthespacioushallinwhichhefoundhimself. Hedidnotknowwhattodowithhiscap,andwasstuffingitintohiscoatpocketwhentheothertookitfromhim. Theactwasdonequietlyandnaturally,andtheawkwardyoungfellowappreciatedit. "Heunderstands,"washisthought."He’llseemethroughallright." 

           Hewalkedattheother’sheelswithaswingtohisshoulders,andhislegsspreadunwittingly, asifthelevelfloorsweretiltingupandsinkingdowntotheheaveandlungeofthesea. Thewideroomsseemedtoonarrowforhisrollinggait, andtohimselfhewasinterrorlesthisbroadshouldersshouldcollidewiththedoorways orsweepthebric-a-bracfromthelowmantel. Herecoiledfromsidetosidebetweenthevariousobjectsandmultipliedthehazards thatinrealitylodgedonlyinhismind. Betweenagrandpianoandacentre-tablepiledhighwithbooks wasspaceforahalfadozentowalkabreast,yetheessayeditwithtrepidation. Hisheavyarmshunglooselyathissides. Hedidnotknowwhattodowiththosearmsandhands, andwhen,tohisexcitedvision,onearmseemedliabletobrushagainstthebooksonthetable,helurchedawaylikeafrightenedhorse, barelymissingthepianostool. Hewatchedtheeasywalkoftheotherinfrontofhim, andforthefirsttimerealizedthathiswalkwasdifferentfromthatofothermen. Heexperiencedamomentarypangofshamethatheshouldwalksouncouthly. Thesweatburstthroughtheskinofhisforeheadintinybeads,andhepausedandmoppedhisbronzedfacewithhishandkerchief. 

           "Holdon,Arthur,myboy,"hesaid, attemptingtomaskhisanxietywithfacetiousutterance. "Thisistoomuchallatonceforyourstruly. 

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