The old sergeant from headquarters treats me like a son and takes the greatest pride in whatever I do or write. He regularly assigns me now to certain doors, and I always obey orders like the little gentleman that I am.
Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel.
Where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds come to listen with serious and sympathetic men.