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Chapter 43

           Justasemotionlesslyashehadreceived"TheShameoftheSun"didhereadthereviewsofitthatcameinweeklyfromtheclippingbureau. Thebookwasmakingahit,thatwasevident. Itmeantmoregoldinthemoneysack. HecouldfixupLizzie,redeemallhispromises,andstillhaveenoughlefttobuildhisgrass-walledcastle. 

           Singletree,Darnley&Co.hadcautiouslybroughtoutaneditionoffifteenhundredcopies,butthefirstreviewshadstartedasecondeditionoftwicethesizethroughthepresses; anderethiswasdeliveredathirdeditionoffivethousandhadbeenordered. ALondonfirmmadearrangementsbycableforanEnglishedition,andhot-footeduponthiscamethenewsofFrench,German,andScandinaviantranslationsinprogress. TheattackupontheMaeterlinckschoolcouldnothavebeenmadeatamoreopportunemoment. Afiercecontroversywasprecipitated. SaleebyandHaeckelindorsedanddefended"TheShameoftheSun,"foroncefindingthemselvesonthesamesideofaquestion. CrookesandWallacerangedupontheopposingside,whileSirOliverLodgeattemptedtoformulateacompromisethatwouldjibewithhisparticularcosmictheories. Maeterlinck’sfollowersralliedaroundthestandardofmysticism. Chestertonsetthewholeworldlaughingwithaseriesofallegednon-partisanessaysonthesubject,andthewholeaffair,controversyandcontroversialists,waswell-nighsweptintothepitbyathunderingbroadsidefromGeorgeBernardShaw. Needlesstosaythearenawascrowdedwithhostsoflesserlights,andthedustandsweatanddinbecameterrific. 

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