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The Ordeal of Berenice

           Braxmarknew,andBealesChadsey,andCowperwood.AtleastthreeorfourofheracquaintancesmusthavebeenattheWaldorfonthatfatalnight.Howlongwoulditbebeforeothersbecameaware?Shetriedeludinghermother,Cowperwood,andthesituationgenerallybyfreelyacceptingmoreextendedinvitationsandbytryingtoseewhethertherewasnotsomeopeningforherinthefieldofart.Shethoughtofpaintingandessayedseveralcanvaseswhichshetooktodealers.Theworkwassubtle,remote,fancifulasnowscenewithpurpleedges;athinkingsatyr,iron-likeinhisheaviness,broodingoveracloudyvalley;alurkingdevilpeeringataprayingMarguerite;aDutchinteriorinspiredbyMrs.Batjer,andvariousdancingfigures.Phlegmaticdealersofsombermienadmittedsomepromise,butpointedoutthedifficultyofsales.Beginnerswerenumerous.Artwaslong.Ifshewenton,ofcourse....Letthemseeotherthings.Sheturnedherthoughtstodancing.

           ThisartinitsinterpretativesensewasjustbeingintroducedintoAmerica,acertainAltheaBakerhavingcreatedagooddealofstirinsocietybythismeans.WiththeideaofduplicatingorsurpassingthesuccessofthiswomanBereniceconceivedadanceseriesofherown.Onewastobe"TheTerror"—anymphdancinginthespringwoods,buteventuallypursuedandterrorizedbyafaun;another,"ThePeacock,"afantasyillustrativeofproudself-adulation;another,"TheVestal,"astudyfromRomanchoricworship.

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