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           Thenshetriedachild’sstory,whichshecouldeasilyhavedisposedofifshehadnotbeenmercenaryenoughtodemandfilthylucreforit.Theonlypersonwhoofferedenoughtomakeitworthherwhiletotryjuvenileliteraturewasaworthygentlemanwhofeltithismissiontoconvertalltheworldtohisparticularbelief.Butmuchasshelikedtowriteforchildren,JocouldnotconsenttodepictallhernaughtyboysasbeingeatenbybearsortossedbymadbullsbecausetheydidnotgotoaparticularSabbathschool,norallthegoodinfantswhodidgoasrewardedbyeverykindofbliss,fromgildedgingerbreadtoescortsofangelswhentheydepartedthislifewithpsalmsorsermonsontheirlispingtongues.Sonothingcameofthesetrials,andJocorkedupherinkstand,andsaidinafitofverywholesomehumility...

           "Idon’tknowanything.I’llwaituntilIdobeforeItryagain,andmeantime,‘sweepmudinthestreet’ifIcan’tdobetter,that’shonest,atleast."Whichdecisionprovedthathersecondtumbledownthebeanstalkhaddonehersomegood.

           Whiletheseinternalrevolutionsweregoingon,herexternallifehadbeenasbusyanduneventfulasusual,andifshesometimeslookedseriousoralittlesadnooneobserveditbutProfessorBhaer.HediditsoquietlythatJoneverknewhewaswatchingtoseeifshewouldacceptandprofitbyhisreproof,butshestoodthetest,andhewassatisfied,forthoughnowordspassedbetweenthem,heknewthatshehadgivenupwriting.

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