Francis William Lauderdale Adams

Name: A Child of the Age — Chapter II.
Author: Francis William Lauderdale Adams

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“A Child of the Age — Chapter II.”, published in 1894, is a work by Francis William Lauderdale Adams. It explores elements such as Leslie, holidays and Bruce.

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Francis William Lauderdale Adams, A Child of the Age — Chapter II. (1894)

“ For, when Leslie dies, no one will ever speak about him again or be sorry for him, but, when I am dead, people will often speak about me and be sorry for me and like me. It's very nice to think of people liking you when you're dead, I think. . . .'
I sat looking into the lower sky, not remembering Bruce. ”

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Francis William Lauderdale Adams, A Child of the Age — Chapter II. (1894)

“ Sometimes, if we were alone in the room together, as before dinner washing our hands and brushing our hair, he would talk to me, about nice things. But the moment any of the other fellows came up, he always stopped and went on doing what he was doing in silence. ”

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Francis William Lauderdale Adams, A Child of the Age — Chapter II. (1894)

“ I believe he thinks the other fellows are fools like I do. At night he never speaks without some one speaking to him, and then he won't make a conversation. Everyone hates him, even the small boys.
The last few days of that term were very warm. There was a talk of having cricket and river-bathing: at any rate rackets began and, I think, some boating was done. Football of course had stopped a few weeks before the Sports, so as to get the field ready: I mean the Rounds had stopped; but there was always 'little game' in the Circus field for anyone who cared to go up. ”

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Francis William Lauderdale Adams, A Child of the Age — Chapter II. (1894)

“ Then I thought I'd like to see if I couldn't charge him and, when a chance came and Leslie had the ball and was dribbling past a lot of us small boys, I ran at him with all my might, and we both went over. But I got the cramp. He was up and off again pretty quickly; but, of course, I couldn't do much but sprawl about. But Bruce, who must have been close behind, came up and put his hands under my armpits and lifted me up like a child (I remember how I somehow liked to be lifted up in that way by him) and asked, was I hurt? The game had swept off to the other side of the field. ”

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Francis William Lauderdale Adams, A Child of the Age — Chapter II. (1894)

“ For the term began two days after that, and, as they were both snow-stormy, Mrs. Jones wouldn't let me go out to see Mary and John. And I did not know how to write to them, for they hadn't told me where to. I had quite forgotten about its being so near the end of the holidays.
We had a new monitor in the bedroom this term—Bruce. (Martin, the old one, had left.) Everyone called him a surly devil, but I didn't mind him so much. This was how my liking for him began. One day, early in the term, he was taking Lower Round. Football is compulsory. There are three Rounds, Upper, Lower and Middle. ”

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Francis William Lauderdale Adams, A Child of the Age — Chapter II. (1894)

“ One or two fellows in the Team, or pretty high up in the Second Fifteen, always 'take' Middle and Lower Round, that is, they see the small boys play up, kicking them, etc,—Well, one day he was 'taking' Lower Round, when Leslie, who's in the Team too, took to playing back on the other side, so as to show off. ”

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Francis William Lauderdale Adams, A Child of the Age — Chapter II. (1894)

“ The term dragged on wearily.
It grew colder and colder. I got chilblains, first on my feet and then on my hands, at last suffering torments with them. And the bread and meat were often quite uneatable, and what else was there to live on?
It was a somewhat strange feeling of pleasure, I remember, that which came over me after I had eaten my first dinner in the holidays in the house of Mr. Jones, the solicitor. I suppose Colonel James paid for me. I didn't care for them. Mr. Jones was only at home in the evenings, and didn't speak to me much then. But I was happy enough ”

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