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The Journal of a Disappointed Man
·
W. N. P. Barbellion
140
"I
fear
I
have
come
at
an
inconvenient
time,"
I
said,
with
a
sardonic
smile
and
strummed
on
the
piano....
"I
must
really
be
off.
Please
read
it
(which
sounded
like
'three
times
a
day
after
meals')
and
tell
me
how
you
like
it.
(Facetiously.)
Of
course
don't
give
up
your
present
manual
for
it,
that
would
be
foolish
and
unnecessary."
...
I
rambled
on--disposed
to
be
very
playful.
At
last
calmly
and
horribly,
in
a
thoughtful
voice
she
answered,--
"I
think
you
are
very
rude;
you
play
the
piano
after
I
asked
you
to
stop
and
walk
about
just
as
if
it
were
your
own
home."
I
remained
outwardly
calm
but
inwardly
was
very
surprised
and
full
of
tremors.
I
said
after
a
pause,--
"Very
well,
if
you
think
so....
Good-bye."
No
answer;
and
I
was
too
proud
to
apologise.
"Good-bye,"
I
repeated.
She
went
on
reading
her
novel
in
silence
while
I
got
as
far
as
the
door--very
upset.
"Au
revoir."
No
answer.
"Oh,"
said
I,
and
went
out
of
the
room
leaving
my
lady
for
good
and
all
and
I'm
not
sorry.
In
the
passage
met
Miss
----.
"What?"
she
said,
"going
already?"
"Farewell,"
I
said
sepulchrally.
"A
very
tragic
farewell,"
which
left
her
wondering.
June
29.
At
the
Albert
Hall
Went
with
R----
to
the
Albert
Hall
to
the
Empress
of
Ireland
Memorial
Concert
with
massed
bands.
We
heard
the
Symphonie
Pathétique,
Chopin's
Funeral
March,
Trauermarsch
from
Götterdammerung,
the
Ride
of
the
Valkyries
and
a
solemn
melody
from
Bach.
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