Ah, my boy!--I too have been in love--I can find the key to your feelings by searching my memory.

May you be happier than I!" He passed the back of his hand across his eyes and continued more cheerfully, hilariously almost: "But away with an old man's memories! I was young then, and ardent as you.

Nay, as I look upon you I see my very self reflected across a score of sorrowful years.

We are extraordinarily alike, Tristram.
Stand up and measure with me, back to back." They did so.

The Captain found himself the taller by a mere shade.
"It is the wig," he said.