Nowheisdistendedwithmegalomania，nowheisdeflated，nowheisquarrelsome，nowimpenetrablyself-satisfied，butalwaysheissudden，jerky，fragmentary，energetic，and——insomesubtlefundamentalwaythatIfinddifficulttodefine——absurd。

　　Therestandsout——becauseofthetranquilbeautyofitssettingperhaps——atalkwehadintheverandaofthelittlepavilionnearmyworkshedsbehindCrestHillinwhichmyaeroplanesandnavigableballoonswerehoused。Itwasoneofmanysimilarconversations，andIdonotknowwhyitinparticularshouldsurviveitsfellows。Ithappensso。Hehadcomeuptomeafterhiscoffeetoconsultmeaboutacertainchalicewhichinamomentofsplendourandundertheimportunityofacountesshehaddeterminedtogivetoadeservingchurchintheeast-end。

　　I，inamomentofevenrashergenerosity，hadsuggestedEwartasapossibleartist。EwarthadproducedatonceanadmirablesketchforthesacredvesselsurroundedbyasortofwreathofMillieswithopenarmsandwingsandhaddrawnfiftypoundsonthestrengthofit。Afterthatcameaseriesofvexatiousdelays。

　　Thechalicebecamelessandlessofacommercialman’schalice，acquiredmoreandmoretheelusivequalityoftheHolyGrail，andatlasteventhedrawingreceded。

　　Myunclegrewrestive。”Yousee，George，they’llbegintowanttheblastedthing！”

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