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The Half-Hearted

CHAPTER IV
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But, you see, we belonged to very different sets." "How do you mean ?" asked the blunt Alice.
"Well, you see," began Mr.Hoddam awkwardly--absolute honesty was one of his characteristics--"he was very well off, and he lived with a sporting set, and he was very exclusive." "But I thought he was clever--I thought he was rather brilliant ?" "Oh, he was! Indubitably! He got everything he wanted, but then he got them easily and had a lot of time for other things, whereas most of us had not a moment to spare.

He got the best First of his year and the St.Chad's Fellowship, but I think he cared far more about winning the 'Varsity Grind.

Men who knew him said he was an extremely good fellow, but he had scores of rich sporting friends, and nobody else ever got to know him.

I have heard him speak often, and his manner gave one the impression that he was a tremendous swell, you know, and rather conceited.

People used to think him a sort of universal genius who could do everything.


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