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Chapter XVI. A Witless Aladdin: The Gate To The World

           Oflate,seeingtheairygraceoftheingenueinseveralwell-constructedplays,shehadbeenmovedtosecretlyimitateit,andmanywerethelittlemovementsandexpressionsofthebodyinwhichsheindulgedfromtimetotimeintheprivacyofherchamber.Onseveraloccasions,whenDrouethadcaughtheradmiringherself,asheimagined,inthemirror,shewasdoingnothingmorethanrecallingsomelittlegraceofthemouthortheeyeswhichshehadwitnessedinanother.Underhisairyaccusationshemistookthisforvanityandacceptedtheblamewithafaintsenseoferror,though,asamatteroffact,itwasnothingmorethanthefirstsubtleoutcroppingsofanartisticnature,endeavouringtore-createtheperfectlikenessofsomephaseofbeautywhichappealedtoher.Insuchfeebletendencies,beitknown,suchoutworkingofdesiretoreproducelife,liesthebasisofalldramaticart.

           Now,whenCarrieheardDrouet’slaudatoryopinionofherdramaticability,herbodytingledwithsatisfaction.Liketheflamewhichweldstheloosenedparticlesintoasolidmass,hiswordsunitedthosefloatingwispsoffeelingwhichshehadfelt,butneverbelieved,concerningherpossibleability,andmadethemintoagaudyshredofhope.Likeallhumanbeings,shehadatouchofvanity.Shefeltthatshecoulddothingsifsheonlyhadachance.Howoftenhadshelookedatthewell-dressedactressesonthestageandwonderedhowshewouldlook,howdelightfulshewouldfeelifonlyshewereintheirplace.

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