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THE AURELIAN
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He knew it was madness; he knew he was leaving a helpless Eleanor, debts, unpaid taxes, a store at which only trash was bought; he knew that the 950 marks he might get would permit him to travel for no longer than a few months; and still he accepted it all as a man who felt that tomorrow would bring dreary old age and that the good fortune which now beckoned would never again repeat its invitation.
He knew it was madness; he knew he was leaving a helpless Eleanor, debts, unpaid taxes, a store at which only trash was bought; he knew that the 950 marks he might get would permit him to travel for no longer than a few months; and still he accepted it all as a man who felt that tomorrow would bring dreary old age and that the good fortune which now beckoned would never again repeat its invitation.
stolid
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calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation
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The man whom she had loved for his mute omniscience, stolid coarseness, grim perseverance in work, had stolen away.…
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The man whom she had loved for his mute omniscience, stolid coarseness, grim perseverance in work, had stolen away.…
notable
2 days, 6 hours ago