Dick is--or rather
was--an able-bodied man of moderate attractions and a certain amount of
audacity.
was--an able-bodied man of moderate attractions and a certain amount of
audacity.
Kipling - Poems
He won't starve,
and you can't pull out of your slide for his sake. Think of your own
reputation. "
"Dick's was five times bigger than mine and yours put together. "
"That was because he signed his name to everything he did. It's all
ended now. You must hold yourself in readiness to move out. You can
command your own prices, and you do better work than any three of us. "
"Don't tell me how tempting it is. I'll stay here to look after Dick
for a while. He's as cheerful as a bear with a sore head, but I think he
likes to have me near him. "
The Nilghai said something uncomplimentary about soft-headed fools who
throw away their careers for other fools. Torpenhow flushed angrily. The
constant strain of attendance on Dick had worn his nerves thin.
"There remains a third fate," said the Keneu, thoughtfully. "Consider
this, and be not larger fools than necessary.
Dick is--or rather
was--an able-bodied man of moderate attractions and a certain amount of
audacity. "
"Oho! " said the Nilghai, who remembered an affair at Cairo. "I begin to
see,--Torp, I'm sorry. "
Torpenhow nodded forgiveness: "You were more sorry when he cut you out,
though. --Go on, Keneu. "
"I've often thought, when I've seen men die out in the desert, that if
the news could be sent through the world, and the means of transport
were quick enough, there would be one woman at least at each man's
bedside. "
"There would be some mighty quaint revelations. Let us be grateful
things are as they are," said the Nilghai.
"Let us rather reverently consider whether Torp's three-cornered
ministrations are exactly what Dick needs just now. --What do you think
yourself, Torp? "
"I know they aren't. But what can I do? "
"Lay the matter before the board. We are all Dick's friends here. You've
been most in his life.
and you can't pull out of your slide for his sake. Think of your own
reputation. "
"Dick's was five times bigger than mine and yours put together. "
"That was because he signed his name to everything he did. It's all
ended now. You must hold yourself in readiness to move out. You can
command your own prices, and you do better work than any three of us. "
"Don't tell me how tempting it is. I'll stay here to look after Dick
for a while. He's as cheerful as a bear with a sore head, but I think he
likes to have me near him. "
The Nilghai said something uncomplimentary about soft-headed fools who
throw away their careers for other fools. Torpenhow flushed angrily. The
constant strain of attendance on Dick had worn his nerves thin.
"There remains a third fate," said the Keneu, thoughtfully. "Consider
this, and be not larger fools than necessary.
Dick is--or rather
was--an able-bodied man of moderate attractions and a certain amount of
audacity. "
"Oho! " said the Nilghai, who remembered an affair at Cairo. "I begin to
see,--Torp, I'm sorry. "
Torpenhow nodded forgiveness: "You were more sorry when he cut you out,
though. --Go on, Keneu. "
"I've often thought, when I've seen men die out in the desert, that if
the news could be sent through the world, and the means of transport
were quick enough, there would be one woman at least at each man's
bedside. "
"There would be some mighty quaint revelations. Let us be grateful
things are as they are," said the Nilghai.
"Let us rather reverently consider whether Torp's three-cornered
ministrations are exactly what Dick needs just now. --What do you think
yourself, Torp? "
"I know they aren't. But what can I do? "
"Lay the matter before the board. We are all Dick's friends here. You've
been most in his life.
