5/19 This was not just to them, nor to himself. But he, who for the first time was becoming conscious of himself, was in no condition to judge, and he burned with shame as he stared at the vision of his infamy. He passed a towel over it and looked again, long and carefully. It was the first time he had ever really seen himself. He saw the head and face of a young fellow of twenty, but, being unused to such appraisement, he did not know how to value it. |