21/34 "It is the general way of looking at life." "They look at it as a discipline--that 's what they do here. I have often been told that." "Well, that 's very good. But there is another way," added Felix, smiling: "to look at it as an opportunity." "An opportunity--yes," said Gertrude. "One would get more pleasure that way." "I don't attempt to say anything better for it than that it has been my own way--and that is not saying much!" Felix had laid down his palette and brushes; he was leaning back, with his arms folded, to judge the effect of his work. "And you know," he said, "I am a very petty personage." "You have a great deal of talent," said Gertrude. |