[The Light That Failed by Rudyard Kipling]@TWC D-Link bookThe Light That Failed CHAPTER X 27/27
I cannot see much now, but I can see best when I am drunk.
I did not know I was drunk till I was told, but I must go on with my work.
If you want to see it, there it is.' He pointed to the all but finished Melancolia and looked for applause. Torpenhow said nothing, and Dick began to whimper feebly, for joy at seeing Torpenhow again, for grief at misdeeds--if indeed they were misdeeds--that made Torpenhow remote and unsympathetic, and for childish vanity hurt, since Torpenhow had not given a word of praise to his wonderful picture. Bessie looked through the keyhole after a long pause, and saw the two walking up and down as usual, Torpenhow's hand on Dick's shoulder. Hereat she said something so improper that it shocked even Binkie, who was dribbling patiently on the landing with the hope of seeing his master again..
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