John Oliver Hobbes

Name: The Annotated The Tales of John Oliver Hobbes/Some Emotions and a Moral — Part II, Chapter IV
Author: John Oliver Hobbes

The Annotated The Tales of John Oliver Hobbes… (1894)

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“The Annotated The Tales of John Oliver Hobbes/Some Emotions and a Moral — Part II, Chapter IV”, published in 1894, is a work by John Oliver Hobbes. It explores elements such as Collingwood, Provence and Champagne.

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John Oliver Hobbes, The Annotated The Tales of John Oliver Hobbes… (1894)

“ He always says, 'You're a dear old sort, Collingwood, but you're drunk.' That's the worst of letting your friends know you've got a weakness—they despise you when you want to help them. But you can get at him—he's got respect for you. He hasn't any for me.
"I can't do anything unless I have some facts to go on. You must see that yourself."
"Facts! Damn facts. I go by symptoms. I tell you the man is trying to drink himself into love—and he can't succeed. I've been trying to drink myself out of it for the last twenty years, and, take my word for it, Provence, it's a hopeless game in either case. ”

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John Oliver Hobbes, The Annotated The Tales of John Oliver Hobbes… (1894)

“ I would have loved you, only I loved money more. It was my first love, and I have been faithful to it. That should be a redeeming quality, shouldn't it? You can say I have been faithful to one love. That can't be said of every woman." She rose from her chair, and as she stood by him brushed a short golden hair from his coat sleeve. She held it up to the light and it curled round her finger.
"That belongs to your child," she said, "not to Grace. I call that a rather pretty omen." The clock struck seven. "In an hour's time," she said, "Aunt Theodosia and I shall be starting for Dover. ”

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John Oliver Hobbes, The Annotated The Tales of John Oliver Hobbes… (1894)

“ But I always forget that fellows have got wives."
"Yes, I will talk it over with her," continued Provence. "She will be able to give very good advice."
"Women are so deep," said Collingwood.
"My wife isn't deep," said Provence, getting rather angry; "that is not a word I care for."
"Look here," said Collingwood, "I like you—it's a funny thing to say, but I do. At one time I didn't. And let me tell you this—Golightly thinks a lot of you. Don't be hard on him, now he's in a scrape. He's weak, and that woman has a hold on him. ”

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John Oliver Hobbes, The Annotated The Tales of John Oliver Hobbes… (1894)

“ He's rather easily led, but he would never act dishonourably with his eyes open. I would stake my life on that. I wish I could find out who the woman is. Things may not be so bad as they seem. Can you think of any one?"
Grace shook her head. "Don't worry about it," said Godfrey, kindly; "you look quite pale and upset already. I ought not to have told you when you were so tired."
"I hate Collingwood," she said, faintly. "I don't believe one word he says."
"But now I think of it, I have noticed a change in George lately myself," said Provence. ”

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John Oliver Hobbes, The Annotated The Tales of John Oliver Hobbes… (1894)

“ That is why I think it will be so much happier, for both of us, never to see each other again. Your life is full of many things—first of all, your work. Love that, it will repay you better than loving me. ”

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John Oliver Hobbes, The Annotated The Tales of John Oliver Hobbes… (1894)

“ I feel it."
"What is the trouble?" said Provence.
"The usual trouble," roared Collingwood; "Potiphar's wife."
"Are you quite sure you know what you're talking about?"
"I don't know who the woman is, but I know she's a bad one. When a man talks of ruining himself for a woman he can't conscientiously call an angel till he's drunk two bottles of champagne, [3] she must be awful—perfectly awful. But they're all awful—hell-cats [4] every man-jack of 'em. [5] He won't listen to me. ”

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John Oliver Hobbes, The Annotated The Tales of John Oliver Hobbes… (1894)

“ Sometimes I have fancied he wanted to avoid me....What a dull, sad business life is," he added, wearily; "it is not until everything has gone wrong that we see how easily it might all have been right. ”

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John Oliver Hobbes, The Annotated The Tales of John Oliver Hobbes… (1894)

“ Potiphar makes Joseph the head of his household, but Potiphar's wife, furious at Joseph for resisting her attempts to seduce him, accuses him falsely of attempted rape. Potiphar casts Joseph into prison, to the notice of Pharaoh through his ability to interpret the dreams of other prisoners.↑ woman's at-home dress for informal events which became popular around the mid 19th century characterized by unstructured lines and light fabrics. ”

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John Oliver Hobbes, The Annotated The Tales of John Oliver Hobbes… (1894)

“ Collingwood left her sobbing on her husband's arm. But the tragedy was in Provence's face, for although he held her he looked away.
Notes ↑ Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury.↑ to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess↑ Champagne is a sparkling wine produced from grapes grown in the Champagne region of France following rules that demand secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to create carbonation. ”

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