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for gentlemen to rise when ladies came into | for gentlemen to rise when ladies came into | ||
the room. During the | the room. During the rest of the ride home, I thought | ||
about the cat abandoned on the hearth and the | about the cat abandoned on the hearth and the | ||
supper on the stove, and about my great friend, | supper on the stove, and about my great friend, | ||
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shot. And about the bronze statue of President | shot. And about the bronze statue of President | ||
Lincoln which he had helped to | Lincoln which he had helped to | ||
erect, at the feet of which I used to play | |||
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bench and gossiped with one another. | bench and gossiped with one another. Some | ||
years later, when I was a little older I came across a book on the statue | years later, when I was a little older I came across a book on the statue | ||
of the library, written by his Company and entitled | of the library, written by his Company and entitled | ||
"Old People and the Things That Pass" My | "Old People and the Things That Pass" My | ||
mother warned me that I was too young for it but | mother warned me that I was too young for it but | ||
I read it | I read it nonetheless, in homage to my first | ||
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me and I had been a grown up person when I got back to my mother in the car, I told her about the great honor that Grandfather had done me; She replied simply that he had evidently been moved and that anyway it was customary for gentlemen to rise when ladies came into the room. During the rest of the ride home, I thought about the cat abandoned on the hearth and the supper on the stove, and about my great friend, thin young and handsome, trying to ship through the Confederate lines without being shot. And about the bronze statue of President Lincoln which he had helped to erect, at the feet of which I used to play while the nurses sat on the circular stone bench and gossiped with one another. Some years later, when I was a little older I came across a book on the statue of the library, written by his Company and entitled "Old People and the Things That Pass" My mother warned me that I was too young for it but I read it nonetheless, in homage to my first