20/23 You should use a mnemonic system. I made a splendid one some years ago; it helped me immensely." "I could have felt sure," said Gammon, "that you told me once your father was a coal merchant." "Why, so he was--later on. Am I to understand, Gammon, that you accuse me of distorting facts ?" With the end of his third tumbler there had come upon Greenacre a tendency to maudlin dignity and sensitiveness; he laid a hand on his friend's arm and looked at him with pained reproach. To you, Gammon, I could not lie; I respect you, I admire you, in spite of the great distance between us in education and habits of mind. If I thought you accused me of falsehood, my dear Gammon, it would distress me deeply. |