We've got to be kind, and help one another, and not expect too much, and
not think too much. That's--all!
And he thought 'Young beggar--wish I were his age!' The utter injustice
of having an old and helpless body, when your desire for enjoyment was as
great as ever! They said a man was as old as he felt! Fools! A man was
as old as his legs and arms, and not a day younger.
"I don't believe in believing things because one wants to."
Though she had been told that he was not to come, instinct had kept her
there; or the pathetic, aching hope against hope which lovers never part
with.
Full of who knows what contempt of age for youth; and youth for age; the
old man resenting this young pup's aspiration to his granddaughter; the
young man annoyed that this old image had dragged him away before he
wished to go.