At every step he found his former dreams disappointed, and new, unexpected surprises of happiness.

He was happy; but on entering upon family life he saw at every step that it was utterly different from what he had imagined.

At every step he experienced what a man would experience who, after admiring the smooth, happy course of a little boat on a lake, should get himself into that little boat.

He saw that it was not all sitting still, floating smoothly; that one had to think too, not for an instant to forget where one was floating; and that there was water under one, and that one must row; and that his unaccustomed hands would be sore; and that it was only to look at it that was easy; but that doing it, though very delightful, was very difficult.