|
The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tono Bungay by H. G. Wells: phase is, as it were, disconnected from all the other phases. It
was as if he crawled out from the ruins of his career, and looked
about him before he died. For he had quite clear-minded states
in the intervals of his delirium.
He knew he was almost certainly dying. In a way that took the
burthen of his cares off his mind. There was no more Neal to
face, no more flights or evasions, no punishments.
"It has been a great career, George," he said, "but I shall be
glad to rest. Glad to rest!... Glad to rest."
His mind ran rather upon his career, and usually, I am glad to
recall, with a note of satisfaction and approval. In his
|
