But am I to suppose that it will also awaken compassion in cool, indifferent hearts? And will the sand and barrenness look so unspeakably gray and dreary to coldly critical eyes as to mine? And shall my bitter little story fall easily and comfortably upon undisturbed ears, and linger for an hour, and be forgotten?
Will the wise wide world itself give me in my outstretched hand a stone?
THE END
Transcriber’s Notes
[Contents] was added for the reader’s convenience.
Errors in punctuation were repaired.
Except for the following change, spelling has been preserved as printed in the original.
On [page 79], “buoyantly” was changed from “bouyantly” (float buoyantly on air).