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Chapter 24

           Thelostsoulhadmadeitsowntorture,andwasstillatworkintensifyingandincreasingitsownfieryagony.MuchasthisscenewasadmiredforitsRembrandteffectoflightandshade,I,personally,wasgladwhenitwascurtainedfromview;therewassomethinginthedreadfulfaceofthedoomedsinnerthatremindedmeforciblyandunpleasantlyofthoseghastlyThreeIhadseeninmyhorridvisiononthenightofViscountLynton’ssuicide.‘SeedsofCorruption’wasthenextpicture,andshowedusayoungandbeautifulgirlinherearlyteens,lyingonaluxuriouscouchendeshabille,withanovelinherhand,ofwhichthetitlewasplainlyseenbyall;—anovelwell-knowntoeveryonepresent,andtheworkofamuch-praisedlivingauthor.Roundher,onthefloor,andcastcarelesslyonachairatherside,wereothernovelsofthesame‘sexual’type—alltheirtitlesturnedtowardsus,andthenamesoftheirauthorsequallymademanifest.

           "Whatadaringidea!"saidaladyintheseatimmediatelybehindme—"Iwonderifanyofthoseauthorsarepresent!"

           "Iftheyaretheywon’tmind!"repliedthemannexttoherwithasmotheredlaugh—"Thosesortofwriterswouldmerelytakeitasafirst-classadvertisement!"

           Sibyllookedatthetableauwithapalefaceandwistfuleyes.

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