instead of to teach?"

And he--In large presences he was always at his best--in the large
situations of affairs, in these large, tranquillizing horizons of
nature. He, too, began to forget that she was a refined, delicate,
sensitive lady, with nerves that writhed under breaks in manners
and could in no wise endure a slip in grammar, unless, of course,
it was one of those indorsed by fashionable usage. His health came
flooding and roaring back in its fullness; and day by day the
difficulty of restraining himself from loud laughter and strong,
plebeian action became more appalling to him. He would leave the
camp, set off at a run as soon as he got safely out of sight; and,
when he was sure of seclusion in distance, he would "cut loose"--
yell and laugh and caper like a true madman; tear off his
superfluous clothes, splash and thresh in some lonely lake like a
baby whale that has not yet had the primary lessons in how to
behave. When he returned to camp, subdued in manner, like a bad
boy after recess, he was, in fact, not one bit subdued beneath the
surface, but the more fractious for his outburst. Each day his
animal spirits surged higher; each day her sway of awe and respect
grew more precarious. She thought his increasing silence, his
really ridiculous formality of politeness, his stammering and red-
cheeked dread of intrusion meant a deepening of the sense of the
social gulf that rolled between them. She recalled their
conversation about his relatives. "Poor fellow!" thought she. "I
suppose it's quite impossible for people of my sort to realize
what a man of his birth and bringing up feels in circumstances
like these." Little did she dream, in her exaltation of self-
complacence and superiority, that the "poor fellow's" clumsy
formalities were the thin cover for a tempest of wild-man's wild