His eyes had a new life, and he spoke in a strong, emphatic way which suited well with his countenance.

"You know what it is to have to do exclusively with fools and brutes, to rave under the vile restraints of Philistine surroundings?
Then you can form some notion of the state I was in when I took the step of writing that advertisement; I was, I firmly believe, on the verge of lunacy! For two or three days I had come back home from the school only to pace up and down the room in an indescribable condition.

I get often like that, but this time things seemed reaching a head.

Why, I positively cried with misery, absurd as it may sound.

My blood seemed too hot, seemed to be swelling out the veins beyond endurance.