Chapter 17

           ‘Hecameinatlast;butIbelieveitwasmostlytherainthatdidit;itwasfallingjustthenwithadevastatingviolencewhichquieteddowngraduallywhilewetalked.Hismannerwasverysoberandset;hisbearingwasthatofanaturallytaciturnmanpossessedbyanidea.Mytalkwasofthematerialaspectofhisposition;ithadthesoleaimofsavinghimfromthedegradation,ruin,anddespairthatoutthereclosesoswiftlyuponafriendless,homelessman;Ipleadedwithhimtoacceptmyhelp;Iarguedreasonably:andeverytimeIlookedupatthatabsorbedsmoothface,sograveandyouthful,Ihadadisturbingsenseofbeingnohelpbutratheranobstacletosomemysterious,inexplicable,impalpablestrivingofhiswoundedspirit.

           ‘“Isupposeyouintendtoeatanddrinkandtosleepundershelterintheusualway,”Iremembersayingwithirritation.“Yousayyouwon’ttouchthemoneythatisduetoyou.”...Hecameasnearashissortcantomakingagestureofhorror.(Therewerethreeweeksandfivedays’payowinghimasmateofthePatna.)“Well,that’stoolittletomatteranyhow;butwhatwillyoudotomorrow?Wherewillyouturn?Youmustlive...“Thatisn’tthething,”wasthecommentthatescapedhimunderhisbreath.Iignoredit,andwentoncombatingwhatIassumedtobethescruplesofanexaggerateddelicacy.“Oneveryconceivableground,”Iconcluded,“youmustletmehelpyou.”

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