10/12 The relations of Mrs.Grundy have the reputation of the universe on their hands, and, the task being one so great, they must be pardoned if they err occasionally. His old self seemed then restored. The buoyancy of boyhood was his as it had never been to me since we were young together. It matters not what a chance,--this is a land where all men drift about,--but I was in the city near him now, and the old relationship was resumed. We rioted in the past of the country, and we visited it together. |