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...He did not attempt to go to sleep ; he did not even unbutton the top button of his tunic. He sat in a chair and mused. Formerly, in solitude and in silence,...happiness. But now he was troubled; a light veil seemed tc hang before his mental vision ; the awakening of a tenderness, indistinct and confused as yet, towards...

...He did not attempt to go to sleep; he did not even unbutton the top button of his tunic. He sat in a chair and mused. Formerly, in solitude and in silence,...conventional self-deceptions, of an ever-expected hap piness. But now he was troubled; a light veil seemed tc hang before his mental vision; the awakening...