Excerpt from Thomas I do. Later in the day it may snow, or you miss a train, and you begin to feel sorry you have decided not to do it. Then perhaps in the evening, sitting in front of the fire after dinner, you begin to be mournful. You think of the good Old days that are gone, and then you decide: Yes, by jove, I will I'll do it. The more thoughtful a man is the more he suffers. The harder I think about it the more I don't know what to do. I ask myself repeatedly, Why not Then again, on the other hand, Why? And so on ...
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Excerpt from Thomas I do. Later in the day it may snow, or you miss a train, and you begin to feel sorry you have decided not to do it. Then perhaps in the evening, sitting in front of the fire after dinner, you begin to be mournful. You think of the good Old days that are gone, and then you decide: Yes, by jove, I will I'll do it. The more thoughtful a man is the more he suffers. The harder I think about it the more I don't know what to do. I ask myself repeatedly, Why not Then again, on the other hand, Why? And so on backwards and forwards; forwards and back. It makes me sigh. My difficulty in making up my mind is increased by mother, or I should rather say that it is probably due to her that I trouble my head on the matter at all. If one doesn't want to be married, well - don't marry; if one does, well - do it. That seems easy enough! My trouble is, however, that a day rarely passes but my mother reminds me, by some conversational nudge, that I ought to be married, or know the reason why not. It would be all right if my dear mother would say outright, Get married, you ass I or convey her advice in some other direct way: I could then discuss the matter with her and get ballast, no doubt, from her mellowed experience. But the deadly thing about my mother is her insuperable tact. Never to say a thing; always to imply it, and never to mean anything if challenged, is her system. Tact at all costs is her guiding principle and my confusion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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