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Chapter 2 Fellow Travellers

           Strictpeopleasthephraseis,professorsofasternreligion,theirveryreligionwasagloomysacrificeoftastesandsympathiesthatwerenevertheirown,offeredupasapartofabargainforthesecurityoftheirpossessions.Austerefaces,inexorablediscipline,penanceinthisworldandterrorinthenext—nothinggracefulorgentleanywhere,andthevoidinmycowedhearteverywhere—thiswasmychildhood,ifImaysomisusethewordastoapplyittosuchabeginningoflife.’

           ‘Reallythough?’saidMrMeagles,madeveryuncomfortablebythepictureofferedtohisimagination.‘Thatwasatoughcommencement.Butcome!Youmustnowstudy,andprofitby,allthatliesbeyondit,likeapracticalman.’

           ‘Ifthepeoplewhoareusuallycalledpractical,werepracticalinyourdirection—’

           ‘Why,sotheyare!’saidMrMeagles.

           ‘Aretheyindeed?’

           ‘Well,Isupposeso,’returnedMrMeagles,thinkingaboutit.‘Eh?Onecanbutbepractical,andMrsMeaglesandmyselfarenothingelse.’

           ‘MyunknowncourseiseasierandmorehelpfulthanIhadexpectedtofindit,then,’saidClennam,shakinghisheadwithhisgravesmile.‘Enoughofme.Hereistheboat.’

           TheboatwasfilledwiththecockedhatstowhichMrMeaglesentertainedanationalobjection;andthewearersofthosecockedhatslandedandcameupthesteps,andalltheimpoundedtravellerscongregatedtogether.

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