Inamorata
“Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?”
Thackeray could have been talking about me when he wrote those words. There were times when I felt that my inability to be satisfied was the defining element of my character. Add to that impetuousness and impatience, and you will understand why, when I was twenty-two, my father asked me to leave home.
He didn’t put it quite that way, of course. What he really said was, “It’s ...time to put these scribblings behind you, my boy, and find something that will pay you a good wage. I can’t support you forever, you know.”
My father was a barrister with political aspirations, and he raised his children to be examples of his intelligence, charm, and reliability. My older brother, Jonathan, took up the banner and ran with it, deciding early to follow in our father’s footsteps and study law. My younger sister, Amelie, married very well, bringing a fortune to help support my father’s—and my brother’s—ambition.MoreLess
Thackeray could have been talking about me when he wrote those words. There were times when I felt that my inability to be satisfied was the defining element of my character. Add to that impetuousness and impatience, and you will understand why, when I was twenty-two, my father asked me to leave home.
He didn’t put it quite that way, of course. What he really said was, “It’s ...time to put these scribblings behind you, my boy, and find something that will pay you a good wage. I can’t support you forever, you know.”
My father was a barrister with political aspirations, and he raised his children to be examples of his intelligence, charm, and reliability. My older brother, Jonathan, took up the banner and ran with it, deciding early to follow in our father’s footsteps and study law. My younger sister, Amelie, married very well, bringing a fortune to help support my father’s—and my brother’s—ambition.MoreLess
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