Having grown up here, and having known for some time the consequences of doing so, Ledger de Maine couldn’t help but worry about what would come of him. He went to his mother:
Mother, what do you think will become of me?
Mrs. de Maine was reading. She didn’t bother looking up. A sort of grimace contorted her face, and then she let out a single, sharp snort.
Ledger was tired. Someone had called and woken him up early to tell him an anecdote that he hadn’t found amusing:
Ledger? Ledger?
Yes.
A boat. Two men on a boat. One man, tall with a face equine, sips from a mug. The other man, thirsty, asks “A taste of your mug?” The tall man replies, “I hadn’t thought so.” The boat moves on and neither man is happy. A fish leaps out of the water. From the shore a girl hollers. Later in the day the men get out of the boat and go back to the cabin. Sitting about in the cabin one of the men suggests cards. They play. Then one of the men suggests rest. They both go to sleep.
Yes, yes, a very good idea.
Really? I thought it rather dull.
That was the end of their conversation.
Ledger had been awake for nearly 3 hours. Tired, he went to take a nap. Before he fell asleep, however, his mother entered his room:
Not much, she says.
And because of this rather cutting remark, Leger wasn’t able to get any sleep at all.
Mother, what do you think will become of me?
Mrs. de Maine was reading. She didn’t bother looking up. A sort of grimace contorted her face, and then she let out a single, sharp snort.
Ledger was tired. Someone had called and woken him up early to tell him an anecdote that he hadn’t found amusing:
Ledger? Ledger?
Yes.
A boat. Two men on a boat. One man, tall with a face equine, sips from a mug. The other man, thirsty, asks “A taste of your mug?” The tall man replies, “I hadn’t thought so.” The boat moves on and neither man is happy. A fish leaps out of the water. From the shore a girl hollers. Later in the day the men get out of the boat and go back to the cabin. Sitting about in the cabin one of the men suggests cards. They play. Then one of the men suggests rest. They both go to sleep.
Yes, yes, a very good idea.
Really? I thought it rather dull.
That was the end of their conversation.
Ledger had been awake for nearly 3 hours. Tired, he went to take a nap. Before he fell asleep, however, his mother entered his room:
Not much, she says.
And because of this rather cutting remark, Leger wasn’t able to get any sleep at all.
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