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           Assoonasshewenttoherroom,shegotoutherpapers,andcarefullyrereadeveryoneofherstories.Beingalittleshortsighted,Mr.Bhaersometimesusedeyeglasses,andJohadtriedthemonce,smilingtoseehowtheymagnifiedthefineprintofherbook.NowsheseemedtohaveontheProfessor’smentalormoralspectaclesalso,forthefaultsofthesepoorstoriesglaredatherdreadfullyandfilledherwithdismay.

           "Theyaretrash,andwillsoonbeworsetrashifIgoon,foreachismoresensationalthanthelast.I’vegoneblindlyon,hurtingmyselfandotherpeople,forthesakeofmoney.Iknowit’sso,forIcan’treadthisstuffinsoberearnestwithoutbeinghorriblyashamedofit,andwhatshouldIdoiftheywereseenathomeorMr.Bhaergotholdofthem?"

           Joturnedhotatthebareidea,andstuffedthewholebundleintoherstove,nearlysettingthechimneyafirewiththeblaze.

           "Yes,that’sthebestplaceforsuchinflammablenonsense.I’dbetterburnthehousedown,Isuppose,thanletotherpeopleblowthemselvesupwithmygunpowder,"shethoughtasshewatchedtheDemonoftheJurawhiskaway,alittleblackcinderwithfieryeyes.

           Butwhennothingremainedofallherthreemonth’sworkexceptaheapofashesandthemoneyinherlap,Jolookedsober,asshesatonthefloor,wonderingwhatsheoughttodoaboutherwages.

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