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not love this health´tending�察�housekeeping life of mine。 I have a
taste for danger�察�which is human�察�like the fear of it。 Here is a
fair cause�察�a just cause�察�no knight ever set lance in rest for a
juster。 Yet it needs not the strength I have not�察�only the passive
courage that I hope I could muster�察�and the watchfulness that I am
sure I could learn。
Here is a long midnight dissertation�察�with myself�察�with you。
Please let me hear。 But I charge you this�此 �if you see in this
idea of mine the finger of duty�察�do not dissuade me。 I am nearing
forty�察�I begin to love my ease and my home and my habits�察�I never
knew how much till this arose�察�do not falsely counsel me to put my
head under the bed´clothes。 And I will say this to you�此 �my wife�察�
who hates the idea�察�does not refuse。 'It is nonsense��' says she�察�
'but if you go�察�I will go。' Poor girl�察�and her home and her garden
that she was so proud of� �I feel her garden most of all�察�because
it is a pleasure ��I suppose�� that I do not feel myself to share。
1。 Here is a great wrong。
2。 ; growing wrong。
3。 ; wrong founded on crime。
4。 ; crime that the Government cannot prevent。
5。 ; crime that it occurs to no man to defy。
6。 But it has occurred to me。
7。 Being a known person�察�some will notice my defiance。
8。 Being a writer�察�I can MAKE people notice it。
9。 And�察�I think�察�MAKE people imitate me。
10。 Which would destroy in time this whole scaffolding of
oppression。
11。 And if I fail�察�however ignominiously�察�that is not my concern。
It is�察�with an odd mixture of reverence and humorous remembrances
of Dickens�察�be it said ´ it is A´nother's。
And here�察�at I cannot think what hour of the morning�察�I shall dry
up�察�and remain�察 � Yours�察�really in want of a little help��
R。 L S。
Sleepless at midnight's dewy hour。
; ; witching ;
; ; maudlin ;
; ; etc。
NEXT MORNING。 ´ Eleventh Objection�此 �I have a father and mother。
And who has not�拭 �Macduff's was a rare case�察�if we must wait for a
Macduff。 Besides�察�my father will not perhaps be long here。
Twelfth Objection�此 �The cause of England in Ireland is not worth
supporting。 A QUI LE DITES´VOUS�拭 �And I am not supporting that。
Home Rule�察�if you like。 Cause of decency�察�the idea that
populations should not be taught to gain public ends by private
crime�察�the idea that for all men to bow before a threat of crime is
to loosen and degrade beyond redemption the whole fabric of man's
decency。
Letter�此 �TO MRS。 FLEEMING JENKIN
��SKERRYVORE�察�BOURNEMOUTH�察�APRIL 1886。��
MY DEAR MRS。 JENKIN�察 � The Book ´ It is all drafted�此 �I hope soon
to send you for comments Chapters III。�察�IV。�察�and V。 Chapter VII。
is roughly but satisfactorily drafted�此 �a very little work should
put that to rights。 But Chapter VI。 is no joke�察�it is a MARE
MAGNUM�此 �I swim and drown and come up again�察�and it is all broken
ends and mystification�此 �moreover�察�I perceive I am in want of more
matter。 I must have�察�first of all�察�a little letter from Mr。 Ewing
about the phonograph work�此 �IF you think he would understand it is
quite a matter of chance whether I use a word or a fact out of it。
If you think he would not�此 �I will go without。 Also�察�could I have
a look at Ewing's PRECIS�拭 �And lastly�察�I perceive I must interview
you again about a few points�察�they are very few�察�and might come to
little�察�and I propose to go on getting things as well together as I
can in the meanwhile�察�and rather have a final time when all is
ready and only to be criticised。 I do still think it will be good。
I wonder if Trelat would let me cut�拭 �But no�察�I think I wouldn't
after all�察�'tis so quaint and pretty and clever and simple and
French�察�and gives such a good sight of Fleeming�此 �the plum of the
book�察�I think。
You misunderstood me in one point�此 �I always hoped to found such a
society�察�that was the outside of my dream�察�and would mean entire
success。 BUT ´ I cannot play Peter the Hermit。 In these days of
the Fleet Street journalist�察�I cannot send out better men than
myself�察�with wives or mothers just as good as mine�察�and sisters ��I
may at least say�� better�察�to a danger and a long´drawn dreariness
that I do not share。 My wife says it's cowardice�察�what brave men
are the leader´writers� �Call it cowardice�察�it is mine。 Mind you�察�
I may end by trying to do it by the pen only�此 �I shall not love
myself if I do�察�and is it ever a good thing to do a thing for which
you despise yourself�拭 � even in the doing�拭 �And if the thing you do
is to call upon others to do the thing you neglect�拭 �I have never
dared to say what I feel about men's lives�察�because my own was in
the wrong�此 �shall I dare to send them to death�拭 �The physician must
heal himself�察�he must honestly TRY the path he recommends�此 �if he
does not even try�察�should he not be silent��
I thank you very heartily for your letter�察�and for the seriousness
you brought to it。 You know�察�I think when a serious thing is your
own�察�you keep a saner man by laughing at it and yourself as you go。
So I do not write possibly with all the really somewhat sickened
gravity I feel。 And indeed�察�what with the book�察�and this business
to which I referred�察�and Ireland�察�I am scarcely in an enviable
state。 Well�察�I ought to be glad�察�after ten years of the worst
training on earth ´ valetudinarianism ´ that I can still be
troubled by a duty。 You shall hear more in time�察�so far�察�I am at
least decided�此 �I will go and see Balfour when I get to London。
We have all had a great pleasure�此 �a Mrs。 Rawlinson came and
brought with her a nineteen´year´old daughter�察�simple�察�human�察�as
beautiful as ´ herself�察�I never admired a girl before�察�you know it
was my weakness�此 �we are all three dead in love with her。 How nice
to be able to do so much good to harassed people by ´ yourself� �
Ever yours��
R。 L。 S。
Letter�此 �TO MISS RAWLINSON
��SKERRYVORE�察�BOURNEMOUTH�察�APRIL 1886。��
OF the many flowers you brought me��
Only some were meant to stay��
And the flower I thought the sweetest
Was the flower that went away。
Of the many flowers you brought me��
All were fair and fresh and gay��
But the flower I thought the sweetest
Was the blossom of the May。
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON。
Letter�此 �TO MISS MONROE
SKERRYVORE�察�BOURNEMOUTH�察�MAY 25TH�察�1886。
DEAR MISS MONROE�察 � ��I hope I have this rightly�� I must lose no
time in thanking you for a letter singularly pleasant to receive。
It may interest you to know that I read to the signature without
suspecting my correspondent was a woman�察�though in one point ��a
reference to the Countess�� I might have found a hint of the truth。
You are not pleased with Otto�察�since I judge you do not like
weakness�察�and no more do I。 And yet I have more than tolerance for
Otto�察�whose faults are the faults of weakness�察�but never of ignoble
weakness�察�and who seeks before all to be both kind and just。
Seeks�察�not succeeds。 But what is man�拭 �So much of cynicism to
recognise that nobody does right is the best equipment for those
who do not wish to be cynics in good earnest。 Think better of
Otto�察�if my plea can influence you�察�and this I mean for your own
sake ´ not his�察�poor fellow�察�as he will never learn your opinion�察�
but for yours�察�because�察�as men go in this world ��and women too���察�
you will not go far wrong if you light upon so fine a fellow�察�and
to light upon one and not perceive his merits is a calamity。 In
the flesh�察�of course�察�I mean�察�in the book the fault�察�of course�察�is
with my stumbling pen。 Seraphina made a mistake about her Otto�察�it
begins to swim before me dimly that you may have some traits of
Seraphina��
With true ingratitude you see me pitch upon your exception�察�but it
is easier to defend oneself gracefully than to acknowledge praise。
I am tru