an’s reach should exceed his grasp or what’s a
- aven for?’ He says it in a dozen different ways,
’s the man who tries bravely for something bemd his power that gets somewhere, the man who ally succeeds. Well, you tried for something jyond your power—to beat Calvert, a really great inner. You tried to your utmost; therefore, you icceeded. I admire your sense of failure; it eans that you recognize an ideal. But I think at you succeeded. You may not have quite stiffed yourself to yourself, but you have proved pable of enduring a hard test bravely. You have ) reason to be depressed, no reason to be hamed.”
They talked for a long time, and finally Henley ■nfessed that he thought Cynthia had been wise taking herself out of Hugh’s life.
“I can see,” he said, “that you are n’t telling me lite all the story. I don’t want you to, either. I dge, however, from what you have said that you
- nt somewhere with her and that only complete
unkenness saved you from disgracing both yourlf and her. You need no lecture, I am sure; you e sufficiently contrite. I have a feeling that she is right about sexual attraction being paramount; lid I think that she is a very brave girl. I like e way she went home, and I like the way she has pt silent. Not many girls could or would do at. It takes courage. From what you have
