Regatta At Argenteuil

Regatta At Argenteuil
Rembrandt Biblical Scene
Rembrandt The Jewish Bride
Return of the Prodigal Son
¡¡¡¡'It seems as though I have lived this life always. The world of books and bookish folk is very vague, more like a dream-memory than an actuality. I surely have hunted and forayed and fought all the days of my life. And you, too, seem a part of it. You are-' I was on the verge of saying, 'my woman, my mate,' but glibly changed it to, 'standing the hardship well.' ¡¡¡¡But her ear had caught the flaw. She recognized a flight that midmost broke. She gave me a quick look. ¡¡¡¡'Not that. You were saying-' ¡¡¡¡'That you are living the life of a savage and living it quite successfully,' I said easily. ¡¡¡¡'Oh,' was all she replied; but I could have sworn there was a note of disappointment in her voice. ¡¡¡¡But 'my woman, my mate,' kept ringing in my head for the rest of the day and for many days. Yet never did it ring more loudly than the night, as I watched her draw back the blanket of moss from the coals, blow up the fire, and cook the evening meal. It must have been latent savagery stirring in me for the old words, so bound up with the roots of the race, to grip me and thrill me. And grip and thrill they did, till I fell asleep, murmuring them to myself over and over again.