Download or read book The Bond of Honour written by Bond and published by General Books. This book was released on 2012-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. MUSIC HATH CHARMS. TT was on the evening of the day that had -- seen Louise set out for Wiirzburg that Arthur renewed his visits to Lessing. Only one day had elapsed since last they had met, but this day had been so fruitful of experience to each that it seemed more like a month. Well, indeed, does Malebranche say that life is not to be measured by minutes, but by sensations. Arthur found the little American in his sitting-room, and apparently in a very restless and impatient frame of mind. Come stai ? said Arthur, entering. Oh, hang the Italian Here you are again: I'm glad to see you. I am sure something very mysterious hangs by your absence.What have you been doing ? Where have you been ? Why have you cut me ? ' Cut you, ' indeed Your epidermis must be very thin. The cut's only one day deep. Well, but I've wanted so much to see you. Why didn't you come and look me up, then? What's the use of that when a man lives in a family like you ? One can't talk confidentially with a lot of Dutch girls chattering all round one. It is to be noted that Lessing had a fancy for calling everything German Dutch. It was, perhaps, a comical and too literal translation of the word Deutsch, or else an exercise of his unbounded prerogative as an American. Americanus sum et super grammaticam I daresay I shall go into lodgings ere very long, answered Arthur, whose mind was full of vague fancies as to what it might behove him to do in the future. I wish you would: it would be so much jollier. Then I should come to you sometimes, and it would not be always my chairs that would be worn out. Yet your present grievance seems to be that I do not wear them out quite enough. Besides, are they your own ? They are Mother Hof...