hewouldsay。Intime——itwasstillveryvague——hewouldrentorpurchaseafarm。Thereisnoformulainwhichwemaysumupdecentpeople。SoAnsellhadpreached，andhadofcourseproceededtoofferaformula:\"Theymustbeserious，theymustbetruthful。\"Seriousnotinthesenseofglum;buttheymustbeconvincedthatourlifeisastateofsomeimportance，andourearthnotaplacetobeattimeon。OfsomuchStephenwasconvinced:heshoweditinhiswork，inhisplay，inhisself—respect，andaboveall——thoughthefactishardtoface—inhissacredpassionforalcohol。Drink，today，isanunlovelything。BetweenusandtheheightsofCithaerontheriverofsinnowflows。Yetthecriesstillcallfromthemountain，andgrantedamanhasrespondedtothem，itisbetterherespondwiththecandouroftheGreek。
\"IshallstopattheThompsons’now，\"saidthedisappointedreveller。\"Prayers。\"
Rickiedidnotpresshistriumph，butitwasahappymoment，partlybecauseofthetriumph，partlybecausehewassurethathisbrothermustcareforhim。Stephenwastooselfishtogiveupanypleasurewithoutgravereasons。HewascertainthathehadbeenrighttodisentanglehimselffromSawston，andtoignorethethreatsandtearsthatstilltemptedhimtoreturn。Heretherewasrealworkforhimtodo。Moreover，thoughhesoughtnoreward，ithadcome。Hishealthwasbetter，hisbrainsound，hislifewashedclean，notbythewatersofsentiment，butbytheeffortsofafellow—man。Stephenwasmanfirst，brotherafterwards。Hereinlayhisbrutalityandalsohisvirtue。\"Lookmeintheface。Don’thangonmeclothesthatdon’tbelong——asyoudidonyourwife，givinghersaint’srobes，whereasshewassimplyawomanofherownsort，whoneededcarefulwatching。Tearupthephotographs。HereamI，andthereareyou。Therestiscant。\"Therestwasnotcant，andperhapsStephenwouldconfessasmuchintime。ButRickieneededatonic，andaman，notabrother，mustholdittohislips。
\"Iseetheoldspire，\"hecalled，andthenadded，\"Idon’tmindseeingitagain。\"
\"Noonedoes，asfarasIknow。Peoplehavecomefromtheothersideoftheworldtoseeitagain。\"