"The fact is that a certain kind of gifted irresponsibility, combined with physical stamina and a fair degree of luck--in some respects Trapnel was incredibly lucky--always holds out an attractive hope that its possessor will prove immune to the ordinary vengeances of life; that at least one human being, in this case X. Trapnel, will beat the book, romp home a winner at a million to one."
--Anthony Powell, Books Do Furnish A Room
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