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           MissNortonhadtheentreeintomostsociety,whichJowouldhavehadnochanceofseeingbutforher.Thesolitarywomanfeltaninterestintheambitiousgirl,andkindlyconferredmanyfavorsofthissortbothonJoandtheProfessor.Shetookthemwithheronenighttoaselectsymposium,heldinhonorofseveralcelebrities.

           Jowentpreparedtobowdownandadorethemightyoneswhomshehadworshipedwithyouthfulenthusiasmafaroff.Butherreverenceforgeniusreceivedasevereshockthatnight,andittookhersometimetorecoverfromthediscoverythatthegreatcreatureswereonlymenandwomenafterall.Imagineherdismay,onstealingaglanceoftimidadmirationatthepoetwhoselinessuggestedanetherealbeingfedon‘spirit,fire,anddew’,tobeholdhimdevouringhissupperwithanardorwhichflushedhisintellectualcountenance.Turningasfromafallenidol,shemadeotherdiscoverieswhichrapidlydispelledherromanticillusions.Thegreatnovelistvibratedbetweentwodecanterswiththeregularityofapendulum;thefamousdivineflirtedopenlywithoneoftheMadamedeStaelsoftheage,wholookeddaggersatanotherCorinne,whowasamiablysatirizingher,afteroutmaneuveringherineffortstoabsorbtheprofoundphilosopher,whoimbibedteaJohnsonianlyandappearedtoslumber,theloquacityoftheladyrenderingspeechimpossible.

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