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Chapter XXIV

           "Yetareyounotcapricious,sir?" 

           "Towomenwhopleasemeonlybytheirfaces,IamtheverydevilwhenIfindouttheyhaveneithersoulsnorheartswhentheyopentomeaperspectiveofflatness,triviality,andperhapsimbecility,coarseness,andill-temper: buttothecleareyeandeloquenttongue,tothesoulmadeoffire,andthecharacterthatbendsbutdoesnotbreakatoncesuppleandstable,tractableandconsistentIamevertenderandtrue." 

           "Hadyoueverexperienceofsuchacharacter,sir?Didyoueverlovesuchanone?" 

           "Iloveitnow." 

           "Butbeforeme:ifI,indeed,inanyrespectcomeuptoyourdifficultstandard?" 

           "Inevermetyourlikeness.Jane,youpleaseme,andyoumastermeyouseemtosubmit,andIlikethesenseofpliancyyouimpart;andwhileIamtwiningthesoft,silkenskeinroundmyfinger,itsendsathrillupmyarmtomyheart. Iaminfluencedconquered;andtheinfluenceissweeterthanIcanexpress;andtheconquestIundergohasawitcherybeyondanytriumphIcanwin. Whydoyousmile,Jane?Whatdoesthatinexplicable,thatuncannyturnofcountenancemean?" 

           "Iwasthinking,sir(youwillexcusetheidea;itwasinvoluntary),IwasthinkingofHerculesandSamsonwiththeircharmers" 

           "Youwere,youlittleelfish" 

           "Hush,sir!Youdon’ttalkverywiselyjustnow;anymorethanthosegentlemenactedverywisely. However,hadtheybeenmarried,theywouldnodoubtbytheirseverityashusbandshavemadeupfortheirsoftnessassuitors;andsowillyou,Ifear. 

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