Chapter 18

           ‘Sixmonthsafterwardsmyfriend(hewasacynical,morethanmiddle-agedbachelor,withareputationforeccentricity,andownedarice-mill)wrotetome,andjudging,fromthewarmthofmyrecommendation,thatIwouldliketohear,enlargedalittleuponJim’sperfections.Thesewereapparentlyofaquietandeffectivesort.“Nothavingbeenablesofartofindmoreinmyheartthanaresignedtolerationforanyindividualofmykind,Ihavelivedtillnowaloneinahousethateveninthissteamingclimatecouldbeconsideredastoobigforoneman.Ihavehadhimtolivewithmeforsometimepast.ItseemsIhaven’tmadeamistake.”ItseemedtomeonreadingthisletterthatmyfriendhadfoundinhisheartmorethantoleranceforJim—thattherewerethebeginningsofactiveliking.Ofcoursehestatedhisgroundsinacharacteristicway.Foronething,Jimkepthisfreshnessintheclimate.Hadhebeenagirl—myfriendwrote—onecouldhavesaidhewasblooming—bloomingmodestly—likeaviolet,notlikesomeoftheseblatanttropicalflowers.Hehadbeeninthehouseforsixweeks,andhadnotasyetattemptedtoslaphimontheback,oraddresshimas“oldboy,”ortrytomakehimfeelasuperannuatedfossil.Hehadnothingoftheexasperatingyoungman’schatter.Hewasgood-tempered,hadnotmuchtosayforhimself,wasnotcleverbyanymeans,thankgoodness—wrotemyfriend.Itappeared,however,thatJimwascleverenoughtobequietlyappreciativeofhiswit,while,ontheotherhand,heamusedhimbyhisnaiveness.

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