Perhaps that is what it is like being with other people. Perhaps even people you like and admire immensely can make you see the World in ways you would rather not.

The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.

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The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.

If I leave, then the House will have no Inhabitant and how will I bear the thought of it Empty?

Perhaps that is what it is like being with other people. Perhaps even people you like and admire immensely can make you see the World in ways you would rather not. Perhaps that is what Raphael means.

He kept you here with lies and deceit. I don’t want to trick you. You must only come if you want to.’ ‘And if I stay here will you come back and visit me?’ I said. ‘Of course,’ she said.

But the Other is rather inflexible in his character. I would not go so far as to say it is a fault, but it is a definite tendency.

They were all enamoured with the idea of progress and believed that whatever was new must be superior to what was old. As if merit was a function of chronology!