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Chapter 15

           OnthispointindeedhisfeelingsweresostrongandpassionatethatIoftenwonderedwhythesocietysirenswhoeagerlycourtedhisattentionremainedsoblindandunconscioustothechillcynicismthatlurkedbeneathhisseemingcourtesythecuttingsatirethatwascoupledwithapparentcompliment,andtheintensityofhatredthatflamedundertheassumedexpressionofadmiringhomageinhisflashingeyes.Howeveritwasnotmybusinesstopointouttothosewhocouldnot,orwouldnot,seetheendlesspeculiaritiesofmyfriend’svariabledisposition.IdidnotpaymuchheedtothemevensofarasImyselfwasconcerned,forIhadgrownaccustomedtothequickchangeshewaswonttoringonallthegamutofhumanfeeling,andabsorbedinmyownlife-schemesIdidnottroublemyselftointimatelystudythemanwhohadinacoupleofmonthsbecomemyfidusAchates.IwasengrossedatthemomentindoingallIcouldtoincreasetheEarlofElton’sappreciativesenseofmyvalueasamanandamillionaire,andtothisendIpaidsomeofhispressingdebts,lenthimalargesumofmoneywithoutdemandinginterestorpromiseofrepayment,andstockedhiscellarwithpresentsofsuchrareoldwinesashehadnotbeenabletoaffordtopurchaseforhimselfformanyyears.Thuswasconfidenceeasilyengenderedbetweenus,eventothatpointofaffectionwhichdisplayeditselfinhislordship’sreadinesstothrusthisarmthroughminewhenwesaunteredtogetherdownPiccadilly,andhiscallingme‘mydearboy’inpublic.

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