[The Desire of the Moth; and The Come On by Eugene Manlove Rhodes]@TWC D-Link bookThe Desire of the Moth; and The Come On CHAPTER II 5/19
But I've got enough.
What's the good of more? No dying in the harness for mine. I want to retire, as they call it, and let the young bucks do the work." "Oh, you're not an old man," protested Mendenhall with reason.
"Your amazing vitality--your energetic----" Britt pulled at his luxuriant white hair. "Oh, good enough for an old has-been!" He laughed with pardonable vanity.
"Pretty hearty yet, owing to having lived a clean and wholesome life, thank God; but aging, sir--aging.
'The evil days draw nigh!'" He shook his head with a sober air, which at once gave way to the satisfied smile habitual on his round, contented face.
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