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Chapter 15

           "True!ExceptMavisClare!"andhelaughedaloudalaughthatjarreduponmebecausetherewasanoteofmockeryinit"Sheisasmallfixtureinthevastheavensorsoitseemsrevolvingverycontentedlyandsmoothlyinherownappointedorbitbutsheisnotandneverwillbeattendedbythebrilliantmeteor-flamesthatwillburstroundyou,myexcellentfellow,atthesignalofMcWhing!FieGeoffrey!getoveryoursulks!Jealousofawoman!Beashamedisnotwomantheinferiorcreature?,andshallthemerespectreofafemininefamecauseafive-foldmillionairetoabasehisloftyspiritinthedust?Conqueryourstrangefitofthespleen,Geoffrey,andjoinmeatdinner!"

           Helaughedagainashelefttheroomandagainhislaughterirritatedme.Whenhehadgone,Igavewaytothebaseandunworthyimpulsethathadforsomeminutesbeenranklingwithinme,andsittingdownatmywritingtable,pennedahastynotetotheeditorofaratherpowerfulmagazine,amanwhomIhadformerlyknownandworkedfor.HewasawareofmyalteredfortunesandtheinfluentialpositionInowoccupied,andIfeltconfidenthewouldbegladtoobligemeinanymatterifhecould.Myletter,marked‘privateandconfidential’containedtherequestthatImightbepermittedtowriteforhisnextnumber,ananonymous‘slashing’reviewofthenewnovelentitled‘Differences’byMavisClare.

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