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Excerpt from Incredible Adventures
The nine months'' travel, Hendricks realised with keen disappointment, had accomplished, however, very little. The job had been exhausting, and he had conscientiously done his best. Lord Ernie liked him thoroughly, admiring his vigour with a smile of tolerant good-nature through his ceaseless cigarette smoke. They were almost like two boys together. ''you are a chap and a half, Mr. Hendricks. You really ought to be in the Cabinet with my father.'' Hendricks would deliver up his useless parcel at the castle gates, pocket the thanks and the hard-earned fee, and go back to his arduous life of teaching and writing in dingy lodgings. It was a pity, even on the lowest grounds. The tutor, truth to tell, felt undeniably depressed. Hopeful by nature, opti mistic, too, as men of action usually are, he cast about him, even at the last hour, for something that might stir the boy to life, wake him up, put zest and energy into him. But there was only Paris now between them and the end and Paris certainly could not be relied upon for help. Bindy''s desire for Paris even was not strong enough to count. No desire in him was ever strong. There lay the crux of the problem in a word - Lord Ernie was without desire which is life.
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The nine months'' travel, Hendricks realised with keen disappointment, had accomplished, however, very little. The job had been exhausting, and he had conscientiously done his best. Lord Ernie liked him thoroughly, admiring his vigour with a smile of tolerant good-nature through his ceaseless cigarette smoke. They were almost like two boys together. ''you are a chap and a half, Mr. Hendricks. You really ought to be in the Cabinet with my father.'' Hendricks would deliver up his useless parcel at the castle gates, pocket the thanks and the hard-earned fee, and go back to his arduous life of teaching and writing in dingy lodgings. It was a pity, even on the lowest grounds. The tutor, truth to tell, felt undeniably depressed. Hopeful by nature, opti mistic, too, as men of action usually are, he cast about him, even at the last hour, for something that might stir the boy to life, wake him up, put zest and energy into him. But there was only Paris now between them and the end and Paris certainly could not be relied upon for help. Bindy''s desire for Paris even was not strong enough to count. No desire in him was ever strong. There lay the crux of the problem in a word - Lord Ernie was without desire which is life.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Algernon Blackwood
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780265169957
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.0 cm
Page Count - 380
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Algernon Blackwood
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ISBN - 9781330825976
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
Page Count - 382
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