Francis William Lauderdale Adams

Name: A Child of the Age — Part V: Chapter III.
Author: Francis William Lauderdale Adams

A Child of the Age — Part V: Chapter III. (1894)

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“A Child of the Age — Part V: Chapter III.”, published in 1894, is a work by Francis William Lauderdale Adams. It explores elements such as the Rue Blanche, Starkie and Clarkson.

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Francis William Lauderdale Adams, A Child of the Age — Part V: Chapter III. (1894)

“ I took a cab to the Rue Blanche.
When I entered the hall there was a certain tremulousness in me, chiefly the result of an imperfect sense of wrong-doing, and a little, perhaps, of the music and the bright scene. I stalked round the rink, not quite daring to openly regard anyone: in fact, very self-conscious. At last I sat down at a table, and, having ordered a bock, began to argue with myself for a perfect fool. Here was I, who had pondered on Life and Death and Time and Space and God, and God knows what not, absolutely nervous in a hall filled with harlots and harlot-mongers! ”

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Francis William Lauderdale Adams, A Child of the Age — Part V: Chapter III. (1894)

“ Variety is pleasing. But ces dames had such uninteresting faces, and such puffed out breasts and contracted waists, that I found I had no real inclination to speak to any of them. I wandered about for half an hour or so without seeing any face that attracted me; and then went out and (not analysing my motives) took a cab to the Folies-Bergères.
At first sight, I liked the place better than the Rue Blanche: the fountains pleased me, and the verdured seats. Then I was attracted by a vendeuse of somethings or other, who had a finely developed bust and pair of whiskers, quite bushy. ”

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Francis William Lauderdale Adams, A Child of the Age — Part V: Chapter III. (1894)

“ Dried and somewhat dirty as I felt, I would not go into the bedroom and wash myself, with the chance of awakening her. I passed into the hall and, taking up my sticky out on to the the landing. I was going down the first flight of steps, with my mind full of thought, when, all at once, there was a stumble; a fall; a clutching at and a missing of the bannister, and I was lying, half-stunned and dazed, on the broad step at the foot of the flight. ”

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Francis William Lauderdale Adams, A Child of the Age — Part V: Chapter III. (1894)

“ He, Starkie, should like to know what the devil was Clarkson going to do in that galère? Get fever or dysentery and manure a patch of sand? He could not possibly say when they might be back; perhaps not at all. He had a faint hope that it might possibly be before next year was out. But he couldn't write any more of this stuff. He was out of sorts—in the blues. Clarkson seemed determined to give his name to a new species of beast, or bird, or die in the attempt. They'd do no good this time. Only another instance of wasted time, and wasted treasure, and perhaps wasted—life. ”

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Francis William Lauderdale Adams, A Child of the Age — Part V: Chapter III. (1894)

“ At half-past Marie brought in the tea. Rosy following her. Then she poured out a cup; put sugar and milk into it, and, taking a piece of cake, retired to the chair in the far-window, where she began to drink the one and eat the other in silence. As I wished for my cup of tea, I got up and poured it out, and, taking a piece of cake, retired to my seat again. I determined that I would have dinner in here, in the shape of some fruit and bread and milk. ”

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Francis William Lauderdale Adams, A Child of the Age — Part V: Chapter III. (1894)

“ Truth was the object of my work, and, by the very fact that I was a quite unprejudiced viewer of the phenomena of what is called Life, I did not see why I should not produce such an impression of things generally 'as posterity should not willingly let die.' The idea of telling the truth about things was a pleasing one. ”

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Francis William Lauderdale Adams, A Child of the Age — Part V: Chapter III. (1894)

“ She was getting tired of them when, having finished my grapes, I got up and went into the study.
I made an attempt to work, but failed: made another attempt, and failed again. I determined I would go out. Then, under the influence of a collapsing sense of tiredness and sleepiness, thought of bed: but bed meant Rosy, and I could not stand her just at present. I went into the dining-room. She was sitting knitting, in a chair. ”

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Francis William Lauderdale Adams, A Child of the Age — Part V: Chapter III. (1894)

“ I envied this man who wrote with such assurance of work done.—About which point Rosy came in from her afternoon walk and we had tea.
It often happened that I was silent at meals and she content to let me so, but this evening, apparently because she saw that I particularly did not care to talk, she kept on asking me questions and chattering ceaselessly. For some time my sense of duty kept successful guard over my patience and I answered her quietly ”

Francis William Lauderdale Adams

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