Возвращение на родину

I. “My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is”

           

           ThefactwasthatYeobright’sfamehadspreadtoanawkwardextentbeforehelefthome.“Itisbadwhenyourfameoutrunsyourmeans,”saidtheSpanishJesuitGracian.AttheageofsixhehadaskedaScriptureriddle:“Whowasthefirstmanknowntowearbreeches?”andapplausehadresoundedfromtheveryvergeoftheheath.AtsevenhepaintedtheBattleofWaterloowithtiger-lilypollenandblack-currantjuice,intheabsenceofwater-colours.Bythetimehereachedtwelvehehadinthismannerbeenheardofasartistandscholarforatleasttwomilesround.Anindividualwhosefamespreadsthreeorfourthousandyardsinthetimetakenbythefameofotherssimilarlysituatedtotravelsixoreighthundred,mustofnecessityhavesomethinginhim.PossiblyClym’sfame,likeHomer’s,owedsomethingtotheaccidentsofhissituation;neverthelessfamoushewas.

           Hegrewupandwashelpedoutinlife.ThatwaggeryoffatewhichstartedCliveasawritingclerk,Gayasalinen-draper,Keatsasasurgeon,andathousandothersinathousandotheroddways,banishedthewildandasceticheathladtoatradewhosesoleconcernwaswiththeespecialsymbolsofself-indulgenceandvainglory.

           Thedetailsofthischoiceofabusinessforhimitisnotnecessarytogive.Atthedeathofhisfatheraneighbouringgentlemanhadkindlyundertakentogivetheboyastart,andthisassumedtheformofsendinghimtoBudmouth.Yeobrightdidnotwishtogothere,butitwastheonlyfeasibleopening.ThencehewenttoLondon;andthence,shortlyafter,toParis,wherehehadremainedtillnow.

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