第25章三颗桃核（1）
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Observeayonewilldo。Youwillseethatnotadaypassesifihiomakehimhappy，thoughhemaybeihehenlookataman;anyoneofuswilldo。Youwillweeksandmonthspassinwhicheverydayisgreetedwithnothihaion，ahpoliteindifferemenareasmiserableassihoughtheyaretooboredtosiheirsinistheiriitistruethattheysoseldomsmilethatwhentheydowedheirface，sodistorteditisfromthefixedmaskwetakefranted。Ahenamanilelikeachild，forachildsmileswithhiseyes，whereasamahhislipsaloisnotasmile，butagriodowithhumour，butlittletodoihen，asanyohereisapoint（butwhoethatpoint?）whenamanbean，andthenhewillsmileagain。
Itwouldseemthathappinessissomethingtodowithsimplidthatitistheabilitytoextractpleasurefromthesimplestthings—suchasapeae，forinstance。
Itisobviousthatitisnothingtodowithsuccess。ForSirHewaslysuccessful。ItistwentyyearsagosincehetefromLondon，andboughtacoupleofoldcottages，whichhehadkoone。Heusedhishouseasaweekendrefuge。Hewasabarrister。Andthevillagefollowedhisbrilliahsomethingalmostamountingtopaternalspride。
IremembersometenyearsagowhenhewasmadeaKing’sosandI，seeiheLondontraiogratulatehim。Wegrihpleasure;hemerelylookedasmiserableasthoughhe’dreceivedapewasthesamewhenhewasknighted;heneversmiledabit，hedidhertocelebratewitharoundofdrinksatthe“BlueFox”。Hetookhissuccessasaedidnotoneofhisatsbroughtevenaghostofasmiletohistiredeyes。
Iaskedhimoneday，sooiredtopotterabouthisgarden，whatitwasliketoachievealloions。Helookeddownathisrosesaeriheheonlyvalueinabitionisthatyoutheheyarenotworthag。”Quicklyhemovedtheversationontoamorepracticallevel，andwithiwewerebacktoasafedistheweather。Thatwast>
&hisi，foryesterday，Iassinghishouse，andhaddrawnupmycartjustoutsidehisgardenulledinfromtheroadfornootherreasonthaabuspassme。AsIsattherefillingmypipe，Isuddenlyheardashoutofsheerjoytheothersideofthe>
Ipeeredover。TherestoodSirHenrydoinghanatribalwardanceofsheeruasy。Evenwhenheobservedmybewilderedfagoverthewallhedidorembarrassed，butshoutedformetoclimbover。