Richard Forrest, Bachelor — page 107: what you’re looking at

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95 WOMEN ARKH WITCHES, takes it as an impertinence; be brusque ,and he thinks you indifferent, just when he needs your consideration the most In short, deal with him according to the brightest of the lights given youand be thankful if you reach anything approaching a satisfactory result. Dick Forrest did not rest content with merely giving his friend advice; he followed it up with actions. Realizing that Arthur was very dejected, he strove to make him for- get his trouble in every way he could. He never mentioned Miss Clayton’s name unless Arthur brought it up himself, and when, at times, he noticed that he appeared to be smarting particularly under her late treatment of him, or that he was listless and disinterested, he did his best to cheer him up, with, of course, varied success. Sometimes Arthur would rail bitterly against women, declaring that they were all alike, unworthy of any man’s devotion and that he was better off single than married; then again he would maintain a moody silence. Dick preferred to find him in the former mood, and al- ways grew eloquent when Arthur discoursed in this strain. He agreed with him perfectly, he said. It was foolish to waste love upon women, not exactly because they were un- worthy, but because they were unable to appreciate it. It was far wiser, he argued, to amuse yourself with them if you were so inclined, and quit before the thorn had pricked, for if they did not laugh at you, when they saw that you were ready to make any sacrifice for them, they did you a greater unkindness still by accepting you and surfeiting you afterward with their presence. What difference does it make, he inquired, ten years after the knot has been tied, whether you have married a blonde or a brunette? For that horrible demon ennvz is cer- Gomichbooks.co