If I had never had anything, I should have set desperately to work long ago.

Now I am bound to work, and you will see the results.

Of course, in our days, there's only one road for a man like me.

I shall go in for literature." Miriam listened, but made no comment.
"My life hitherto has not been wasted," Elgar pursued, leaning forward with a new light on his countenance.

"I have been gaining experience.
Do you understand?
Few men at my age have seen more of life--the kind of life that is useful as literary material.