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diff --git a/43703-h/43703-h.htm b/43703-h/43703-h.htm index afbbc05..d4e5ab2 100644 --- a/43703-h/43703-h.htm +++ b/43703-h/43703-h.htm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> <title> The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Business of Life, by Robert W. Chambers. @@ -95,46 +95,7 @@ table { </style> </head> <body> - - -<pre> - -The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Business of Life, by Robert W. Chambers - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: The Business of Life - -Author: Robert W. Chambers - -Illustrator: Charles Dana Gibson - -Release Date: September 12, 2013 [EBook #43703] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BUSINESS OF LIFE *** - - - - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire. This book was produced from -scanned images of public domain material from the Google -Print archive. - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 43703 ***</div> <hr class="chap" /> @@ -237,7 +198,7 @@ Print archive. <p> <span style="margin-left: 21em;">"Il est des noeuds secrets, il est des sympathies</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 21em;">Dont par le doux rapport les Ames assorties</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 21em;">S'attachent l'une à l'autre et se laissent piquer</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 21em;">S'attachent l'une à l'autre et se laissent piquer</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 21em;">Par ces je ne sais quoi qu'on ne peut expliquer."</span><br /> <br /> <span style="margin-left: 34em;"><span class="smcap">Rodogune</span>.</span><br /> @@ -1237,7 +1198,7 @@ idle curiosity.</p> while he was thinking that her lips were perhaps just a trifle too full—that there was more of Aphrodite in her face than of any saint he remembered; but her figure was thin enough for any saint. Perhaps a -course of banquets—perhaps a régime under a diet list warranted to +course of banquets—perhaps a régime under a diet list warranted to improve——</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</a></span></p> @@ -1476,7 +1437,7 @@ her pen. She remained so for a while, then emerged abruptly from a fit of abstraction and sorted some papers unnecessarily. When she had arranged them to her fancy, she rearranged them. Then the little Louis XVI desk interested her, and she examined the inset placques of flowered -Sèvres in detail, as though the little desk of tulip, satinwood and +Sèvres in detail, as though the little desk of tulip, satinwood and walnut had not stood there since she was a child.</p> <p>Later she noticed<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[Pg 32]</a></span> his card on her blotter; and, face framed in her @@ -1575,7 +1536,7 @@ He had a way of laughing at her in every word—in even an ordinary business conversation. She had been conscious all the while of his half-listless interest in her, of an idle curiosity, which, before it had grown offensive, had become friendly and at times almost boyish in -its naïve self-disclosure. And it made her smile to remember how very +its naïve self-disclosure. And it made her smile to remember how very long it took him to take his leave.</p> <p>But—a man of that kind—a man of the out-world—with the <i>something</i> in @@ -2397,7 +2358,7 @@ grotesqueries; the cuirass was formed by overlapping horizontal plates, the three upper ones composing a gorget of solid gold. Nymphs, satyrs, gods, goddesses and cupids in exquisite design and composition framed the "lorica"; cuisses and tassettes carried out the lorica pattern; -coudes, arm-guards, and genouillères were dolphin masks, gilded.</p> +coudes, arm-guards, and genouillères were dolphin masks, gilded.</p> <p>"Parade armour," she said under her breath, "not war armour, as it has been labelled. It is armour de luxe, and probably royal, too. Do<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[Pg 62]</a></span> you see @@ -2466,14 +2427,14 @@ foi!</i> Some among them may have worked the guillotine for Sanson or drummed for Santerre.</p> <p>"You seem to me to symbolise all the grace and charm that perished on -the Place de Grève."</p> +the Place de Grève."</p> <p>She laughed: "Look again, and see if it is not their Nemesis I more closely resemble."</p> <p>And as she said it so gaily, an odd idea struck him that she <i>did</i> embody something less obvious, something more vital, than the symbol of -an aristocratic régime perishing en masse against the blood-red sky of +an aristocratic régime perishing en masse against the blood-red sky of Paris.</p> <p>He did not know what it was about her that seemed to symbolise all that @@ -4020,7 +3981,7 @@ herself that she could control that inclination perfectly.</p> <p>Why should any man venture to summon her—for it was a virtual summons over the wire—and there had been arrogance in it, too. His curt acquiescence in her decision, and his own arbitrary decision to go South -had startled her out of her calmly prepared rôle of business woman. She +had startled her out of her calmly prepared rôle of business woman. She was trying to recall exactly what she had said to him afterward to make his voice change once more, and her own respond so happily.</p> @@ -4604,7 +4565,7 @@ vanity.</p> tried to force him into an attitude toward herself which she could not expect, or—God knew what he might be thinking.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_125" id="Page_125">[Pg 125]</a></span></p> -<p>Dismayed and uncertain, she stood up nervously as he reëntered the room +<p>Dismayed and uncertain, she stood up nervously as he reëntered the room and came toward her, holding out his hand.</p> <p>"I'm going to town," he said pleasantly. "I won't bother you any more. @@ -5169,7 +5130,7 @@ supper room.</p> Desboro as merely numerous and, later, exceedingly noisy. But noise and movement seemed to make endurable the dull pain thudding ceaselessly in his heart. Music and roses, flushed faces, the ringing harmony of -crystal and silver, and the gaiety <i>à diable</i> of the girl beside him +crystal and silver, and the gaiety <i>à diable</i> of the girl beside him would ease it—<i>must</i> ease it, somehow. For it had to be first eased, then killed. There was no sense, no reason, no excuse for going on this way—enduring such a hurt. And just at present the remedy seemed to lie @@ -5225,7 +5186,7 @@ regularity of taking it, more than the medicine itself which cures.</p> <p>On the fourth day, he emerged from the unhappy seclusion of his rooms and ventured into the Olympian Club, where he deliberately attempted to -anæsthetise his badly battered senses. But he couldn't. Cairns found him +anæsthetise his badly battered senses. But he couldn't. Cairns found him there, sitting alone in the library—it was not an intellectual club—and saw what Desboro had been doing to himself by the white tensity of his features.</p> @@ -6932,7 +6893,7 @@ city only twice, and both times to see her.</p> only, and had then taken the evening train back to Silverwood. But every evening he had written her of the day just ended—told her about the plans for farming, now maturing, of the quiet life at Silverwood, how -gradually he was reëstablishing neighbourly relations with the +gradually he was reëstablishing neighbourly relations with the countryside, how much of a country squire he was becoming.</p> <p>"—And the whole thing with malice aforethought," he wrote. "—Every @@ -6959,7 +6920,7 @@ miss seeing you—humble confession! And so I suppose it is best that everybody should know who and what I am—a business woman well-bred enough to sit at table with your friends, with sufficient self-confidence to enter and leave a room properly, to maintain my grasp -on the conversational ball, and to toss it lightly to my vis-à-vis when +on the conversational ball, and to toss it lightly to my vis-à -vis when the ti<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_193" id="Page_193">[Pg 193]</a></span>me comes.</p> <p>"All this is worth doing and enduring for the sake of being your guest. @@ -7196,7 +7157,7 @@ said:</p> <p>"No, I don't have to talk at all. I <i>know</i>. If you ever marry, I know what deadly species of female it will be. You're probably right; you're that kind, too—no real substance to you, James. And so I think I'll -have to look after my intellectual protégée, and be very sure that her +have to look after my intellectual protégée, and be very sure that her pretty eyes are wide open."</p> <p>He turned toward her; their glances met level and hard:</p> @@ -7281,7 +7242,7 @@ of her"</span> <p>From moment to moment he had been watching Jacqueline and the men always leaning toward her—Reggie Ledyard persistently bringing to bear on her the full splendour of his straw-blond and slightly coarse beauty; -Cairns, receptive and débonnaire as usual; Herrendene, with his keen +Cairns, receptive and débonnaire as usual; Herrendene, with his keen smile and sallow visage lined with the memory of things that had left their marks—all the men there had yielded to the delicate attraction of her.</p> @@ -7709,7 +7670,7 @@ and was saying so to anybody who'd listen, when ding-dong-dang! ding-dong! echoed the oriental gong. Out went the lights, the curtain split open and was gathered at the wings; a shimmering radiance grew upon the stage disclosing a huge gold and green dragon of porcelain on -its faïence pedestal. And there, high cradled between the forepaws of +its faïence pedestal. And there, high cradled between the forepaws of the ancient Mongolian monster, sat a slim figure in silken robes of turquoise, rose, and scarlet, a Chinese lute across her knees, slim feet pendant below the rainbow skirt.</p> @@ -7762,7 +7723,7 @@ by an unknown composer:</p> <span style="margin-left: 21em;">"In fire-lit pools the crimson Carp are swirling;</span><br /> <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_223" id="Page_223">[Pg 223]</a></span><span style="margin-left: 21em;">The painted peacocks shining plumes are furling;</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 23em;">Now in the torch-light by the Gate</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 23em;">A thousand Lutes begin the Fête</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 23em;">A thousand Lutes begin the Fête</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 23em;">With one triumphant Cry!</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 23em;">Why should Love sigh?"</span><br /> </p> @@ -7799,8 +7760,8 @@ enthusiastic rudeness.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_224" id="Page_224">[Pg 224]</a></span></p> -<p>She recited for them Mêng Hao-Jan's "A Friend Expected," from "The Maker -of Moons," and the quatrains of the lovely, naïve little "Spring Dream," +<p>She recited for them Mêng Hao-Jan's "A Friend Expected," from "The Maker +of Moons," and the quatrains of the lovely, naïve little "Spring Dream," written by Ts'en-Ts'an in the eighth century.</p> <p>But they demanded still more. She laid aside her lute and intoned for @@ -7814,7 +7775,7 @@ them the noble lines of China's most famous writer:</p> the ancient splendour, she moved forward in her whispering silks, and, slightly bending, her finger lifted like one who hushes children with a magic tale, she spoke to them of Fei-yen, mistress of the Emperor; and -told them how T'ai-Chên became an empress; sang for them the song of Yu +told them how T'ai-Chên became an empress; sang for them the song of Yu Lao, the "Song of the Moon Moth":</p> <p> @@ -8470,7 +8431,7 @@ constraint between them, which made him sulky.</p> and retraced his steps, hands clasped behind his back, absently scanning the men-at-arms, preoccupied with his own reflections.</p> -<p>How seriously had she taken the rôle she was playing somewhere at that +<p>How seriously had she taken the rôle she was playing somewhere at that moment? Only fools accepted actual hazards when dared. He himself was apt to be that kind of a fool. Was <i>she</i>? Would she really have abided by the terms if discovered by Herrendene, for example, or Dicky @@ -8879,7 +8840,7 @@ too—more than he does."</p> Hammerton.</p> <p>"That's a different kind of girl," said the young man, with contempt, -and quite oblivious to his own naïve self-revelation. Mrs. Hammerton +and quite oblivious to his own naïve self-revelation. Mrs. Hammerton shrugged her trim shoulders.</p> <p>"Also," he said, "there is Elena Clydesdale—speaking of scandal and @@ -8936,7 +8897,7 @@ counterfeits won't attract her."</p> <p>"Great heavens!" faltered Reggie. "What a horrible lambasting! I—I've heard you could do it; but this is going some—really, you know, it's going some! And I'm not all those things that you say, either!" he -added, in naïve resentment. "I may be no good, but<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_258" id="Page_258">[Pg 258]</a></span> I'm not as rotten as +added, in naïve resentment. "I may be no good, but<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_258" id="Page_258">[Pg 258]</a></span> I'm not as rotten as all that."</p> <p>He stood with lips pursed up into a half-angry, half-injured pout, like @@ -9358,7 +9319,7 @@ about a thousand dollars in Japanese phony!"</p> <p>"That was pleasant," said Desboro, laughing.</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_270" id="Page_270">[Pg 270]</a></span></p> -<p>"Wasn't it! And my rose-quartz Fêng-huang! The Chia-Ching period of the +<p>"Wasn't it! And my rose-quartz Fêng-huang! The Chia-Ching period of the Ming dynasty! Do you get me, Desboro? It was Jap!"</p> <p>"Really?"</p> @@ -9539,7 +9500,7 @@ that's all. I've changed otherwise, too—please God! The cad you knew as James Desboro is not exactly what you're looking at now. It's in me to be something remotely resembling a man. I learned how to try from her, if you want to know. What I was can't be helped. What I'm to make of -the débris of what I am concerns myself. If you ever had a shred of real +the débris of what I am concerns myself. If you ever had a shred of real liking for me you'll show it now."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_277" id="Page_277">[Pg 277]</a><br /><a name="Page_278" id="Page_278">[Pg 278]</a><br /><a name="Page_279" id="Page_279">[Pg 279]</a></span></p> <p>"Jim! Is this how you betray me—after persuading me to continue a @@ -10665,7 +10626,7 @@ beginning to comprehend it all now.</p> <p>A dull flush of anger made his face hot and altered his expression to sullenness. Where was all this leading them, anyway—this reversal -of rôles, this self-dependent attitude of hers—this calm +of rôles, this self-dependent attitude of hers—this calm self-reliance—this freedom of decision?</p> <p>Once he had supposed there was something in her to protect, to guide, @@ -10919,7 +10880,7 @@ traditional but obsolete prerogative."</p> <p>"You are wrong. Your decision is final. But—as I know it will always be for my happiness, I can always appeal from your prejudice to your -intelligence," she added naïvely. And for a moment was surprised at his +intelligence," she added naïvely. And for a moment was surprised at his unrestrained laughter.</p> <p>"What does it matter?" she admitted, laughing, too. "Between you and me @@ -11084,7 +11045,7 @@ Except for a low word or two, they were inclined to silence.</p> <p>But the mating sparrows were not; everywhere the little things, brown wings a-quiver, chattered and chirped in the throes of courtship; now -and then, from some high façade rang out the clear, sweet whistle of a +and then, from some high façade rang out the clear, sweet whistle of a starling; and along the warm, wet streets ragged children were selling violets and narcissus, and yellow tulips tinted as delicately as the pale spring sunshine.</p> @@ -11780,7 +11741,7 @@ dealer just beginning in a small way, and she believed him to be honest at heart. He retired comforted, swabbing his eyes with his cuff.</p> <p>Then came a furtive pair, Orrin Munger, the "Cubist" poet, and his -loud-voiced, swaggering confrère, Adalbert Waudle, author of "Black +loud-voiced, swaggering confrère, Adalbert Waudle, author of "Black Roses" and other phenomena which, some people whispered, resembled blackmail.</p> @@ -13011,7 +12972,7 @@ of mine——"</p> <p>But the words halted; she bowed her head in her hands, quivering, scarcely conscious that he was on his knees again at her feet, scarcely hearing his broken words of repentance and shame for the sorry and -contemptible rôle he had been playing.</p> +contemptible rôle he had been playing.</p> <p>No tears came to help her even then, only a dry, still agony possessed her. But the crisis passed and wore away; sight and hearing and the @@ -16245,7 +16206,7 @@ and Jack Cairns for the week-end. Was it all right?"</p> <p>"Not a bit, dear."</p> <p>"We can be by ourselves if we wish. They're going to read a play -together," she explained naïvely, "and they won't bother us——"</p> +together," she explained naïvely, "and they won't bother us——"</p> <p>She checked herself, blushing furiously. He, at his end of the wire, could scarcely speak for the quick tumult of his heart, but he managed @@ -17076,7 +17037,7 @@ about a good deal last winter, and I met him."</p> such obscurity about his work—referred to it in such veiled terms that, somehow, it all seemed a wonderful mystery to me."</p> -<p>Desboro smiled: "The man who is preëminent in his profession," he said +<p>Desboro smiled: "The man who is preëminent in his profession," he said quietly, "never makes a mystery of it. He may be too tired to talk about it, too saturated with it, after the day's work, to discuss it; but never fool enough to pretend that there is anything occult in it or in @@ -17422,381 +17383,6 @@ though it were a holy name, loved, honoured, and adored.</p> <h4>THE END</h4> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of Project Gutenberg's The Business of Life, by Robert W. Chambers - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BUSINESS OF LIFE *** - -***** This file should be named 43703-h.htm or 43703-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/3/7/0/43703/ - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire. 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