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what use boys are in this world) whom he makes happy,
and who make him so by their affection. They say
he has the peculiar faculty of liking everything
which he possesses, and everything that seeks his
protection. He is an optimist, but not a conceited
one.
He was my neighbor at table, and I did not blame him
for becoming sleepy; nor did I feel responsible this
time when people told me that he was accustomed to
be sleepy at big dinners, at which I certainly am not
surprised. But the dinner to-day was not one of those
long and tedious ones; besides, he visibly endeavored
to make the conversation interesting and agreeable;
and I, too, did my best, as you may easily suppose,
but we did not succeed very well.
In the afternoon I begged him to allow me to take a
profile likeness of him; and, in order that he might
not go to sleep during the operation, I asked Angelica
Hamilton to sit opposite him and talk to him. The plan
succeeded excellently. The handsome old gentleman now
became wide awake, loquacious and lively, and there
was such vivacity in his smile, and so much fun in all
the merry dimples of his countenance, that it is my
own fault if I have not made one of the best and most
characteristic portraits that have ever been taken
of this universally beloved author. I am glad to have
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