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strange to say�察 �was recognized by both sexes��for handsome men must
often consent to be mildly hated by their own。 He had travelled much�察�
and had mingled in very varied society�察 �he had a moderate fortune�察 �no
vices�察�no ambition�察�and no capacity of ennui。
He was fastidious and over´critical�察�it might be�察�in his theories�察�but in
practice he was easily suited and never vexed。
He liked travelling�察 �and he liked staying at home�察 �he was so
continually occupied as to give an apparent activity to all his life�察�and yet
he was never too busy to be interrupted�察�especially if the intruder were a
woman or a child。 He liked to be with people of his own age�察�whatever
their condition�察 �he also liked old people because they were old�察 �and
children because they were young。 In travelling by rail�察 �he would woo
crying babies out of their mothers' arms�察�and still them�察�it was always his
back that Irishwomen thumped�察 �to ask if they must get out at the next
station�察�and he might be seen handing out decrepit paupers�察�as if they were
of royal blood and bore concealed sceptres in their old umbrellas。
Exquisitely nice in his personal habits�察�he had the practical democracy of a
good´natured young prince�察 �he had never yet seen a human being who
awed him�察�nor one whom he had the slightest wish to awe。 His courtesy�察�
had�察�therefore�察�that comprehensiveness which we call republican�察�though it
was really the least republican thing about him。 All felt its attraction�察�there
was really no one who disliked him�察 �except Aunt Jane�察 �and even she
admitted that he was the only person who knew how to cut her lead´pencil。
That cheerful English premier who thought that any man ought to find
happiness enough in walking London streets and looking at the lobsters in
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the fish´markets�察�was not more easily satisfied than Malbone。 He liked to
observe the groups of boys fishing at the wharves�察�or to hear the chat of
their fathers about coral´reefs and penguins' eggs�察�or to sketch the fisher's
little daughter awaiting her father at night on some deserted and crumbling
wharf�察 �his blue pea´jacket over her fair ring´leted head�察 �and a great cat
standing by with tail uplifted�察�her sole protector。 He liked the luxurious
indolence of yachting�察�and he liked as well to float in his wherry among
the fleet of fishing schooners getting under way after a three days' storm�察�
each vessel slipping out in turn from the closely packed crowd�察 �and
spreading its white wings for flight。 He liked to watch the groups of negro
boys and girls strolling by the window at evening�察�and strumming on the
banjo��the only vestige of tropical life that haunts our busy Northern zone。
But he liked just as well to note the ways of well´dressed girls and boys at
croquet parties�察�or to sit at the club window and hear the gossip。 He was
a jewel of a listener�察�and was not easily bored even when Philadelphians
talked about families�察�or New Yorkers about bargains�察�or Bostonians about
books。 A man who has not one absorbing aim can get a great many
miscellaneous things into each twenty´four hours�察�and there was not a day
in which Philip did not make himself agreeable and useful to many people�察�
receive many confidences�察 �and give much good´humored advice about
matters of which he knew nothing。 His friends' children ran after him in
the street�察�and he knew the pet theories and wines of elderly gentlemen。
He said that he won their hearts by remembering every occurrence in their
lives except their birthdays。
It was�察�perhaps�察�no drawback on the popularity of Philip Malbone that
he had been for some ten years reproached as a systematic flirt by all
women with whom he did not happen at the moment to be flirting。 The
reproach was unjust�察�he had never done anything systematically in his life�察�
it was his temperament that flirted�察�not his will。 He simply had that most
perilous of all seductive natures�察�in which the seducer is himself seduced。
With a personal refinement that almost amounted to purity�察 �he was
constantly drifting into loves more profoundly perilous than if they had
belonged to a grosser man。 Almost all women loved him�察�because he loved
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almost all�察�he never had to assume an ardor�察�for he always felt it。 His heart
was multivalve�察 �he could love a dozen at once in various modes and
gradations�察�press a dozen hands in a day�察�gaze into a dozen pair of eyes
with unfeigned tenderness�察 �while the last pair wept for him�察 �he was
looking into the next。 In truth�察 �he loved to explore those sweet depths�察�
humanity is the highest thing to investigate�察�he said�察�and the proper study
of mankind is woman。 Woman needs to be studied while under the
influence of emotion�察 �let us therefore have the emotions。 This was the
reason he gave to himself�察�but this refined Mormonism of the heart was
not based on reason�察�but on temperament and habit。 In such matters logic
is only for the by´standers。
His very generosity harmed him�察�as all our good qualities may harm us
when linked with bad ones�察�he had so many excuses for doing kindnesses
to his friends�察�it was hard to quarrel with him if he did them too tenderly。
He was no more capable of unkindness than of constancy�察�and so strongly
did he fix the allegiance of those who loved him�察�that the women to whom
he had caused most anguish would still defend him when accused�察�would
have crossed the continent�察�if needed�察�to nurse him in illness�察�and would
have rained rivers of tears on his grave。 To do him justice�察 �he would
have done almost as much for them��for any of them。 He could torture a
devoted heart�察�but only through a sort of half´wilful unconsciousness�察�he
could not bear to see tears shed in his presence�察�nor to let his imagination
dwell very much on those which flowed in his absence。 When he had once
loved a woman�察�or even fancied that he loved her�察�he built for her a shrine
that was never dismantled�察�and in which a very little faint incense would
sometimes be found burning for years after�察�he never quite ceased to feel a
languid thrill at the mention of her name�察�he would mak
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