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There was a little stream , with pollards on both sides of it , that ran through green fields , and it made him happy , he knew not why , to wander along its banks . He spoke to Philip in correct , rather archaic English , having learned it from a study of the English classics , not from conversation ; and it was odd to hear him use words colloquially which Philip had only met in the plays of Shakespeare . But though he did everything to alienate the sympathy of other boys he longed with all his heart for the popularity which to some was so easily accorded . He was really starting life , and it made Philip more restless to think of it . When he had a study ( it was a little square room looking on a slum , and four boys shared it ) , he bought a photograph of that view of the Cathedral , and pinned it up over his desk . It was a vast stretch of country , sparkling with golden light , with cities in the distance ; and through it meandered the silver ribband of the river . He brooded over the end to their friendship and fancied that others were talking of it .