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II. He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a Song

           Hissight,likethewingsinRasselas,thoughuselesstohimforhisgrandpurpose,sufficedforthisstrait,andhefoundthatwhenalittlepracticeshouldhavehardenedhispalmsagainstblisteringhewouldbeabletoworkwithease.

           Dayafterdayherosewiththesun,buckledonhisleggings,andwentofftotherendezvouswithHumphrey.Hiscustomwastoworkfromfouro’clockinthemorningtillnoon;then,whentheheatofthedaywasatitshighest,togohomeandsleepforanhourortwo;afterwardscomingoutagainandworkingtillduskatnine.

           ThismanfromPariswasnowsodisguisedbyhisleatheraccoutrements,andbythegoggleshewasobligedtowearoverhiseyes,thathisclosestfriendmighthavepassedbywithoutrecognizinghim.Hewasabrownspotinthemidstofanexpanseofolive-greengorse,andnothingmore.Thoughfrequentlydepressedinspiritwhennotactuallyatwork,owingtothoughtsofEustacia’spositionandhismother’sestrangement,wheninthefullswingoflabourhewascheerfullydisposedandcalm.

           Hisdailylifewasofacuriousmicroscopicsort,hiswholeworldbeinglimitedtoacircuitofafewfeetfromhisperson.Hisfamiliarswerecreepingandwingedthings,andtheyseemedtoenrollhimintheirband.Beeshummedaroundhisearswithanintimateair,andtuggedattheheathandfurze-flowersathissideinsuchnumbersastoweighthemdowntothesod.

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