[The Home by Fredrika Bremer]@TWC D-Link bookThe Home CHAPTER V 2/7
He vanished almost entirely from the little evening circle. "What has become of our Candidate ?" sometimes asked Mrs.Gunilla.
"I shall be much surprised if his monad or nomad has not carried him off to the land of the nomads! He, he, he, he!" Judge Frank and wife also began to question with some anxiety, "What has become of our Candidate ?" Our Candidate belonged to that class of persons who easily win many friends.
His cheerful easy temper, his talents, and good social qualifications, made him much beloved and sought after, especially in smaller circles.
It was here, therefore, as it had been in the University--he was drawn into a jovial little company of good fellows, where, in a variety of ways, they could amuse themselves, and where the cheerful spirit and talents of Jacobi were highly prized.
He allowed himself, partly out of good-nature and partly out of his own folly, to be led on by them, and to take part in a variety of pranks, which, through the influence of some members of the Club, went on from little to more, and our Candidate found himself, before he was aware of what he was about, drawn into a regular carouse--all which operated most disadvantageously upon his affairs--kept him out late at night, and only permitted him to rise late in the morning, and then with headache and disinclination to business. There was, of course, no lack of good friends to bring these tidings to Judge Frank.
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