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The Angel and the Author - and Others

CHAPTER V
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Let the young ones indulge themselves.

Only four of our party could claim to be under thirty with any hope of success.

They were kind enough not to impress the fact upon us.

Johnson enlivened the journey back by a searching analysis of enjoyment: Of what did it really consist?
Yet, on wishing him "Good-night," our chieftainess thanked him for his company in precisely the same terms she would have applied to Tompkins, who, by unflagging good humour and tact, would have made the day worth remembering to us all for all time.
And everyone obtained his just Deserts! We pay dearly for our want of sincerity.

We are denied the payment of praise: it has ceased to have any value.


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