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Chapter 1

           AndIamawarethatothersareinsimilarcase.Imerelyintendtorelatethevariousincidentsofmycareerindueorderexactlyastheyhappenedleavingtomoreconfidentheadsthebusinessofpropoundingandansweringtheriddlesofhumanexistenceasbesttheymay.

           Duringacertainbitterwinter,longrememberedforitsarcticseverity,whenagreatwaveofintensecoldspreadfreezinginfluencesnotaloneoverthehappyislesofBritain,butthroughoutallEurope,I,GeoffreyTempest,wasaloneinLondonandwell-nighstarving.Nowastarvingmanseldomgetsthesympathyhemeritssofewcanbepersuadedtobelieveinhim.Worthyfolkswhohavejustfedtorepletionarethemostincredulous,someofthembeingevenmovedtosmilewhentoldofexistinghungrypeople,muchasifthesewereoccasionaljestsinventedforafter-dinneramusement.Or,withthatirritatingvaguenessofattentionwhichcharacterizesfashionablefolktosuchanextentthatwhenaskingaquestiontheyneitherwaitfortheanswernorunderstanditwhengiven,thewell-dinedgroups,hearingofsomeonestarvedtodeath,willidlymurmur‘Howdreadful!’andatonceturntothediscussionofthelatest‘fad’forkillingtime,ereittakestokillingthemwithsheerennui.Thepronouncedfactofbeinghungrysoundscoarseandcommon,andisnotatopicforpolitesociety,whichalwayseatsmorethansufficientforitsneeds.

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