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A Departure

           Sunriseandsunset,andthedinner-bell,andthesuddenrainbow,andlessons,andLeotard,andthemoonthroughthenurserywindows—theywereallpartofthegreatorderofthings,andthedisplacementofanyoneitemseemedtodisorganizethewholemachinery.Theimmediatepointwas,notthattheworldwouldcontinuetogoroundasofold,butthatLeotardwouldn’t.

           Yondercorner,nowsweptandgarnished,hadbeenthestallwhereinthespottyhorse,atthecloseofeachlaboriousday,wasaccustomedtodozepeacefullythelongnightthrough.Indaysofoldeachofusinturnhadbeenjerkedthrillinglyroundtheroomonhisprecariousback,haddugourheelsintohisunyieldingsides,andhadscratchedourhandsonthetintacksthatsecuredhismanetohisstiffly-curvingneck.Later,withincreasingstature,wecametooverlookhismeritsasabeastofburden;buthowfrankly,howgood-naturedly,hehadrecognizedthenewconditions,andadaptedhimselftothemwithoutamurmur!

           Whenthemilitaryspiritwasabroad,whosoreadytobeasquadronofcavalry,ahordeofCossacks,orartillerypoundingintoposition?Hehadevenservedwithhonourasagun-boat,duringaperiodwhennavalstrategywastheonlytheme;andnofalseequineprideeverhinderedhimfromtakingthepartofaroaringlocomotive,earth-shaking,clangorous,annihilatingtimeandspace.Reallyitwasnolongerclearhowlife,withitsmanifoldemergencies,wastobecarriedonatallwithoutafellowlikethespottyhorse,readytostepinatcriticalmomentsandtakeupjustthepartrequiredofhim.

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