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“Some men will never be heroes, some heroes will never be men, he thought, with urgent acknowledgements to Joseph Conrad.”
“He is romanticromantic, he repeated. And that is very badvery bad. . . . Very good, too, he added. But is he? I queried.Gewiss, he said, and stood still holding up the candelabrum, but without look...”
“He is romantic—romantic,” he repeated. “And that is very bad—very bad. . . . Very good, too,” he added. “But is he?” I queried.‘“Gewiss,” he said, and stood still holding up the candelabrum, but wi...”