In Search of Love And Beauty (2016)
“His heart was breaking, but he was used to that; ever since he could remember, he had suffered in this way from the boys he loved, and he had developed a stoical front with which to cover up. His lips were set, his eyes rather cold as he drove himself the two hundred miles from the city to the Academy.
His manner when he got there showed no trace of inner turmoil. He was, as always, jaunty, courteous, and alert. But there was no fooling Leo. It was dark inside his den and he lay inert and saggi...ng like some superannuated circus animal on his leather couch. But with only one look at Mark—“Ah,” Leo said, “love trouble again.”
It might be said about Leo that he cared far too much about himself to bother about anyone else; and it was true. But it was also true that he could look deeply into others and see what was going on there. It was an instinct he had, a skill, a gift, something almost extraneous to his own personality which he himself acknowledged to be that of a monster egotist.MoreLess
His manner when he got there showed no trace of inner turmoil. He was, as always, jaunty, courteous, and alert. But there was no fooling Leo. It was dark inside his den and he lay inert and saggi...ng like some superannuated circus animal on his leather couch. But with only one look at Mark—“Ah,” Leo said, “love trouble again.”
It might be said about Leo that he cared far too much about himself to bother about anyone else; and it was true. But it was also true that he could look deeply into others and see what was going on there. It was an instinct he had, a skill, a gift, something almost extraneous to his own personality which he himself acknowledged to be that of a monster egotist.MoreLess
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