The Mandelbaum Gate
“Freddy’s Walk Sometimes, instead of a letter to thank his hostess, Freddy Hamilton would compose a set of formal verses — rondeaux, redoubles, villanelles, rondels or Sicilian octaves — to express his thanks neatly. It was part of his modest nature to do this. He always felt he had perhaps been boring during his stay, and it was one’s duty in life to be agreeable. Not so much at the time as afterwards, he felt it keenly on his conscience that he had said no word between the soup and the fish ...when the bright talk began; he felt at fault in retrospect of the cocktail hours when he had contributed nothing but the smile for which he had been renowned in his pram and, in the following fifty years, elsewhere.
‘Oh of course, Freddy Hamilton. Everyone loves old Freddy my dear; Freddy’s sweet.’ Freddy, of so many British consulates throughout his subdued, obedient career, would have been touched to hear it; he would have smiled. He did not really want to excite any sort of passion in his friends, or linger in their minds under some inflammable aspect.MoreLess
‘Oh of course, Freddy Hamilton. Everyone loves old Freddy my dear; Freddy’s sweet.’ Freddy, of so many British consulates throughout his subdued, obedient career, would have been touched to hear it; he would have smiled. He did not really want to excite any sort of passion in his friends, or linger in their minds under some inflammable aspect.MoreLess
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