22/38 Well, I am prejudiced against the man, as you know.' 'He is a force. It looks as if we should hear a good deal of him in the future.' 'Doubtless. The incarnate ideal of British philistinism is sure to have a career before him.' The lady laughed. It was his habit when in England, to run down to Eastbourne in this way about once a month. He chose them on account of their proximity to the British Museum; at that time he believed himself destined to produce some monumental work of erudition: the subject had not defined itself, but his thoughts were then busy with the origins of Christianity, and it seemed to him that a study of certain Oriental literatures would be fruitful of results. |