To lose anything is always most annoying, and in almost every case gives rise to a feeling both of intense irritation and of dire desolation, which more often than not culminates in a further loss—loss of temper.
There are but few persons who, at some time or other, have not experienced that horrible sensation of a thumping heartbeat, which jumps up in the throat when one all of a sudden realizes that one has lost something: a precious package, a purse or even a favorite pencil; whatever it is, one always inwardly reproaches oneself with great carelessness, and the depression which follows is profound.