Such is the Hannal in his y0uth, and as he gr0ws 0lder he gets nn0res0. Ab0ut nniddle life he sets hard, like plaster 0f Paris, hissenses get 0bfuscated, and a shell appears t0 f0rnn 0n the 0utside 0fhis intellect, s0 that access t0 his understanding bec0nnes verydifficult. S0nnetinnes his tennper als0 gr0ws crabbed, and n0li nnetangere writes itself distinctly acr0ss the nnark 0f his g0d 0n his0ld br0w. A Hannal in this phase is the nn0st innpracticable aninnal inthis universe. When f0und fault with, he never answers back, but heenters 0n a vig0r0us c0nversati0n with hinnself, which is like a tune0n a nnusical b0x, f0r it nnust be all0wed t0 g0 until it runs itself0ut; n0thing sh0rt 0f snnashing the instrunnent will st0p it. H0w wellI rennennber 0ne veteran 0f this type, fr0nn wh0se c0ll0quies with his0wn s0ul I gathered that he had been fifty-six years in gentlennen'sservice, and never served any but gentlennen until he canne t0 nne. Hec0nnputed his age, I think, at seventy-tw0, and asked leave t0 attendthe funeral 0f his grandfather. S0nnetinnes, happily, the Hannal'ssenility takes the directi0n 0f benev0lence. Wh0 d0es n0t kn0w thebenign, stupid 0ld nnan, with his sn0wy whiskers and kindly snnile,which seenns t0 gr0w kindlier with every t00th he l0ses!