[ Funny, really, given what will happen in a mere three days, regarding Duty, and (uncapitalized) duties becoming less onerous — but neither of these two are those who might read the future, to know what is yet to come; Augustine knows only what he intends, and the likelihood of the cost he will bear as a result.
No use crying over milk that not only hasn't been spilt yet, but hasn't even formed in the cow, however. ]
Small enough chance of that, I fear, [ light-heartedly cheerful as his tone may appear, ] but I'm certainly not opposed to being proven wrong in the matter.
Do let me know, if anyone finds they've left something behind by mistake — although you do appear generally quite well-equipped in the detail-orientation department, amidst the lot of you — and I'll have Alfred drop it by.
And otherwise, well... I do hope that poetry reading will be soon, my young friend. You've certainly got enough work produced and polished to carry it off; you'll just have to whittle down your selection to be an appropriate length to allow for questions and answers, I suspect.
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No use crying over milk that not only hasn't been spilt yet, but hasn't even formed in the cow, however. ]
Small enough chance of that, I fear, [ light-heartedly cheerful as his tone may appear, ] but I'm certainly not opposed to being proven wrong in the matter.
Do let me know, if anyone finds they've left something behind by mistake — although you do appear generally quite well-equipped in the detail-orientation department, amidst the lot of you — and I'll have Alfred drop it by.
And otherwise, well... I do hope that poetry reading will be soon, my young friend. You've certainly got enough work produced and polished to carry it off; you'll just have to whittle down your selection to be an appropriate length to allow for questions and answers, I suspect.
«Or for signings,» [ Alfred interjects. ]