<h2><SPAN name="FOR_YOU_AND_ME" id="FOR_YOU_AND_ME">FOR YOU AND ME</SPAN></h2>
<p><span class="upper">“I have</span> come to speak to
you about your work,”
said the Angel-who-attends-to-things. “It
appears to be unsatisfactory.”</p>
<p>“Indeed!” said the
man. “I hardly see how that can be.
Perhaps you will explain.”</p>
<p>“I will!” said the Angel. “To begin
with, the work is slovenly.”</p>
<p>“I was born heedless,” said the man.
“It is a family failing which I have always
regretted.”</p>
<p>“It is ill put together, too;” said the
Angel. “The parts do not fit.”</p>
<p>“I never had any eye for proportion,”
said the man; “I admit it is unfortunate.”</p>
<p>“The whole thing is a botch,” said the
Angel. “You have put neither brains
nor heart into it, and the result is ridiculous<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_126" id="Page_126">[126]</SPAN></span>
failure. What do you propose to
do about it?”</p>
<p>“I credited you with more comprehension,”
said the man. “My faults, such as
they are, were born with me. I am sorry
that you do not approve of me, but this is
the way I was made; do you see?”</p>
<p>“I see!” said the Angel. He put out a
strong white hand, and taking the man by
the collar, tumbled him neck and crop into
the ditch.</p>
<p>“What is the meaning of this?” cried
the man, as he scrambled out breathless
and dripping. “I never saw such behavior.
Do you see what you have done?
you have ruined my clothes, and nearly
drowned me beside.”</p>
<p>“Oh yes!” said the Angel: “this is the
way <em>I</em> was made.”</p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_127" id="Page_127">[127]</SPAN></span></p>
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