Parerga: a Companion volume to Under the Cedars And the Stars
Parerga: a Companion volume to Under the Cedars And the Stars
Sheehan, Patrick Augustine, 1852-1913
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Oh, yes, I remember. I was one day deploring his misery when, at a certain railway sta- . tion which he frequented for obvi- ous purposes, he accosted me for a shilling. " I hope, " I said, " that you have found the jewel in the head of the toad Adversity. " He had not the slightest sense of humour. He was always grave, calm, majestic in his rags. " Yes, " he said, " and perhaps more successfully than you may be disposed to imagine. I have found the elixir of life. I am like the emperor of old ...: I drink of nectar in which pearls are broken and dissolved. " I stopped. " Have you much time at your disposal ? " he asked. " Well, the magnificent unpunctuality of these trains, " I replied, " has given me compulsorily three-quarters of an hour. I have no objection to a Socratic disputation. But you ? " "Oh, my day's work is done, " he said. "You have given me a shilling, with which I can purchase Nirvana, and sufficient for the day is the good thereof. But" he hesitated a little, and I thought I saw a faint pink blush steal up on his pallid face "you eh?
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