39/46 The lad's power to state things in speech and his incapacity to put his thoughts in writing had often puzzled the tutor. "Why don't you put such reflections into verse, John? "Do look at those maples, Mr.Rivers--and the oaks--and the variety of colour in the sassafras. Did you ever notice how its leaves differ in shape ?" "I never did, but nothing is exactly the same as anything else. We talked of that once." "Then since the world began there never was another me or Leila ?" "Never. |