The Quiet Corner
515 THE COMMONWEAL September 30, 1925 THE QUIET CORNER / counsel thee, shut not thy heart, nor thy library.—C. Lamb. "Good morning, Tittivillus," said Primus Criticus cheerily. ¦"Did you...
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...Stealing to the case, I fumbled idly on the moisty keys— Yes, they rested soft on mosses, while between the ivories There were sprouts of grass, and fungus, and the oozes of the bogWhile, among the strings and hammers, croaked a fat pulsating frog...
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...Well," said Primus Criticus, somewhat abashed, "you might at least reply when you are spoken to...
...Not looking up, he said abruptly— "New library rules.—No greetings to be exchanged...
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...Poor Elsa," he sighed, as the clock on the tower outside boomed five, slow metallic strokes...
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...Angelicus enveloped in a snow-storm of manuscripts, and continued his work silently...
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...Silence from the opening of the library until closing time—except for absolutely necessary questions and replies, pertaining to work...
...but Tittivillus, who had been listening entranced, looked decidedly tearful...
...But, as he had no one to talk to, he was soon as engrossed in his work as the others...
...Boy," cried Angelicus, "it's not five o'clock...
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...Ah," he said, "here is a little thing that I wrote when I was about your age, boy...
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...Oh, have you any of the poems left that you wrote when you were young...
...Primus Criticus had "softly and silently vanished away...
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...And the Doctor pulled forth a sheaf of yellowed manuscript...
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...One of the charming things about our library, up to date, has been the delightful conversations and discussions of this and that—distinctly not pertaining to work...
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...Life is full of grim surprises, so I never sit alone Near a closed, upright piano, but I think of Elsa Kohn— She whose soul was one great passion for the birds, and beasts, and flowers— She whose slender fingers rendered Traumerei, at twilight hours, While the photographs, and tidies, and the bric-a-brac, and such, With the potted palms above her, trembled to her tuneful touch...
...Now it may be of value to him, and indirectly to us, if his ear becomes attuned to good poetry...
...There in a corner, crouched Tittivillus, contentedly playing jacks...
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...But at four o'clock it was sharply broken by a curious pattering sound on the bare floor...
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...Angelicus did, for a moment, look a little puzzled...
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...Doctor Angelicus looked up at his audience...
...Then he said sternly to Tittivillus— "If you do find yourself with all your duties performed, and time left before the closing hour, you should seize the opportunity of improving your mind—an occupation which has the advantage of being a silent one...
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...Multiplying this by fifty-four (the actual number of persons employed) they arrived at 126 hours, four minutes, and one thirty-fourth of a second, saved in toto...
...Why, when I was your age, I was writing poetry in every odd moment," exclaimed the Doctor, "and this constant practice as a boy did much, I am sure, toward furthering my career...
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...To relax this excellent rule momentarily," sighed the Doctor impatiently, "in order to have you see the common sense of it, I will tell you that I was much edified the other day, on visiting a well known publisher's office in this city, to notice the impressive silence that filled its rooms, full of efficient, busy workers...
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...Angelicus glanced up furtively from time to time, the look of satisfaction on his face increasing as the day wore on...
...Oh, I say," protested Primus Criticus, "whatever made you think of all that...
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...Harken"— Primus Criticus started to interrupt again, but the Doctor began with determination— "Stranger things there are in nature, stranger things there are in art, Than the old romancers tell us or the yellow sheets impart...
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...But," exclaimed Primus Criticus, "I thought the new rule prohibited any desultory reading aloud of poetry in the library...
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...Angelicus and Criticus, disturbed, glanced about...
...And the Doctor made a savage pass with his red pencil at an innocent manuscript...
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