IntheseconclusionsGodfreywasstrengthenedbytwocircumstances;
first,hisreading,especiallyofBuddhisticliterature,thatenjoinsthemsostrongly,andinwhichhefoundagreatdealtoadmire,andsecondly,bytheentireconcurrenceofthePasteurBoiset,whomheadmiredevenmorethanhedidBuddhisticliterature。
“Iamdelighted,myyoungfriend,“saidthePasteur,beamingathimthroughthebluespectacles,“tofindsomeonewhoagreeswithme。
Personally,althoughyoumightnotbelieveit,Ilovethechasewithardour;whenIwasyoungIhaveshotasmanyastwenty-five——no——
twenty-sevenblackbirdsandthrushesinoneday,tosaynothingofthirty-onelarks,andsomeothersmallgame。Also,onceIwoundedachamois,whichaboldhunterwithmekilled。Itwasagloriousmoment。