← He flung back the wings of his cape with a gesture which, had not those wings been waterproof, might have seemed to hurl defiance at things in general. 🔊
← But at the time of their publication I had a vague suspicion that they might be. 🔊
← But I did, at the time of its publication, say to Rothenstein that I thought poor old Soames was really a rather tragic figure, and that I believed he would literally die for want of recognition. 🔊
← "You read only at the museum now?" 🔊
← I thought our neighbor was amused at my failure to interest Soames, and so, as I could not explain to him that my insistence was merely charitable, I became silent. 🔊
← "They stared at me, I can tell you. 🔊
← He was at our table in a stride. 🔊
← Only once, however, have I seen him at close quarters. 🔊
← I was, I still am, furious at having had that happen to me. 🔊