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Chapter 20

           TheacceptedidealofapoetisApollo—hewasagod—andnopoetintheflesheverapproachesthegod-like!Andtheacceptedidealofthefemalenovelist,isanelderly,dowdy,spectacled,frowsyfright—MavisClaredoesnotfulfilthisdescription,yetsheistheauthorof‘Differences.’NowMcWhing,whothrasheshercontinuallyinallthepapershecancommand,iselderly,ugly,spectacledandfrowsy—andheistheauthorof—nothing!Women-authorsareinvariablysupposedtobehideous—men-authorsforthemostpartarehideous.Buttheirhideousnessisnotnotedorinsistedupon—whereas,nomatterhowgood-lookingwomen-writersmaybe,theystillpassunderpress-commentasfrights,becausethefiatofpress-opinionconsiderstheyoughttobefrights,eveniftheyarenot.Aprettyauthoressisanoffence—anincongruity—asomethingthatneithermennorwomencareabout.Mendon’tcareabouther,becausebeingcleverandindependent,shedoesnotoftencareaboutthem—womendon’tcareabouther,becauseshehastheeffronterytocombineattractivelookswithintelligence,andshemakesanawkwardrivaltothosewhohaveonlyattractivelookswithoutintelligence.Sowagstheworld!—

           

           Owildworld!—circlingthroughæonsuntold—

           ‘Midfiresofsunriseandsunset—throughflashesof

           silverandgold—

           Grainofdustinastorm—atomofsandbythe

           sea—

           Whatisyourworth,Oworld,totheAngelsofGod

           andme!

           

           Hesangthisquitesuddenly,hisrichbaritonepealingoutmusicallyonthewarmsilentair.

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