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Chapter 12

           "Ah,mydearlord,thatisnotenoughfortheaspirationsofmygiftedfriend"respondedLucio,speakingforme,hiseyesdarkeningwiththatmysticshadowofmingledsorrowandscornwhichsofrequentlycloudedtheirlustrousbrilliancy;"Hedoesnotparticularlycareforthe‘immenseposition’thatisduetowealthalone,becausethatdoesnotlifthimajothigherthanMapleofTottenhamCourtRoad.Heseekstosoarbeyondthefurnituremanandwhoshallblamehim?HewouldbeknownforthatindescribablequalitycalledGeniusforhighthoughts,poetry,divineinstincts,andpropheticprobingsintotheheartofhumanityinshort,forthepowerofthePen,whichtopplesdowngreatkingdomslikecard-housesandsticksfoolscapsontheheadsofkings.Generallyitisthemoneylessmanorwomanwhoisendowedwiththisunpurchaseablepowerthisindependenceofactionandindifferencetoopinionthewealthyseldomdoanythingbutspendorhoard.ButTempestmeanstouniteforonceinhisownpersonthetwomoststrenuouslyopposedforcesinnaturegeniusandcashorinotherwords,GodandMammon."

           LadySibylturnedherheadtowardsme;therewasalookofdoubtandwonderonherbeautifulface.

           "Iamafraid,"shesaidhalfsmiling,"thattheclaimsofsocietywilltakeuptoomuchofyourtime,MrTempest,toallowyoutocontinuethewritingofbooks.Irememberyoutoldmetheothereveningthatyouwereabouttopublishanovel.

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