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           Broad-browedandstrong-chinned,withafinenessinthehonestgrayeyesthatwerelikeKerry’s,Burnewasamanwhogaveanimmediateimpressionofbignessandsecurity—stubborn,thatwasevident,buthisstubbornnessworenostolidity,andwhenhehadtalkedforfiveminutesAmoryknewthatthiskeenenthusiasmhadinitnoqualityofdilettantism.

           TheintensepowerAmoryfeltlaterinBurneHolidaydifferedfromtheadmirationhehadhadforHumbird.Thistimeitbeganaspurelyamentalinterest.Withothermenofwhomhehadthoughtasprimarilyfirst-class,hehadbeenattractedfirstbytheirpersonalities,andinBurnehemissedthatimmediatemagnetismtowhichheusuallysworeallegiance.ButthatnightAmorywasstruckbyBurne’sintenseearnestness,aqualityhewasaccustomedtoassociateonlywiththedreadstupidity,andbythegreatenthusiasmthatstruckdeadchordsinhisheart.BurnestoodvaguelyforalandAmoryhopedhewasdriftingtoward—anditwasalmosttimethatlandwasinsight.TomandAmoryandAlechadreachedanimpasse;neverdidtheyseemtohavenewexperiencesincommon,forTomandAlechadbeenasblindlybusywiththeircommitteesandboardsasAmoryhadbeenblindlyidling,andthethingstheyhadfordissection—college,contemporarypersonalityandthelike—theyhadhashedandrehashedformanyafrugalconversationalmeal.

           Thatnighttheydiscussedtheclubsuntiltwelve,and,inthemain,theyagreedwithBurne.