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I
did
not
contradict
him
,
though
in
my
own
mind
I
felt
that
the
circumstances
of
my
engagement
left
much
to
be
desired
.
I
,
who
scoffed
at
religion
,
wished
it
had
formed
part
of
the
character
of
my
future
wife
--
I
,
who
sneered
at
sentiment
,
craved
for
some
expression
of
it
in
the
woman
whose
beauty
attracted
my
desires
.
However
I
determinedly
smothered
all
the
premonitions
of
my
own
conscience
,
and
accepted
what
each
day
of
my
idle
and
useless
life
brought
me
without
considering
future
consequences
.
The
papers
soon
had
the
news
that
"
a
marriage
has
been
arranged
and
will
shortly
take
place
between
Sibyl
,
only
daughter
of
the
Earl
of
Elton
,
and
Geoffrey
Tempest
,
the
famous
millionaire
.
"
Not
'
famous
author
'
mark
you
!
--
though
I
was
still
being
loudly
'
boomed
.
'
Morgeson
,
my
publisher
,
could
offer
me
no
consolation
as
to
my
chances
of
winning
and
keeping
a
steady
future
fame
.
The
Tenth
Edition
of
my
book
was
announced
,
but
we
had
not
actually
disposed
of
more
than
two
thousand
copies
,
including
a
One-Volume
issue
which
had
been
hastily
thrust
on
the
market
.
And
the
work
I
had
so
mercilessly
and
maliciously
slated
--
'
Differences
'
by
Mavis
Clare
was
in
its
thirtieth
thousand
!
I
commented
on
this
with
some
anger
to
Morgeson
,
who
was
virtuously
aggrieved
at
my
complaint
.
"
Dear
me
,
Mr
Tempest
,
you
are
not
the
only
writer
who
has
been
'
boomed
'
by
the
press
and
who
nevertheless
does
not
sell
,
"
--
he
exclaimed
--
"
No
one
can
account
for
the
caprices
of
the
public
;
they
are
entirely
beyond
the
most
cautious
publisher
's
control
or
calculation
.
Miss
Clare
is
a
sore
subject
to
many
authors
besides
yourself
--
she
always
'
takes
'
and
no
one
can
help
it
.
I
sympathize
with
you
in
the
matter
heartily
,
but
I
am
not
to
blame
.
At
any
rate
the
reviewers
are
all
with
you
--
their
praise
has
been
almost
unanimous
.
Now
Mavis
Clare
's
'
Differences
,
'
though
to
my
thinking
a
very
brilliant
and
powerful
book
,
has
been
literally
cut
to
pieces
whenever
it
has
been
noticed
at
all
--
and
yet
the
public
go
for
her
and
do
n't
go
for
you
.
It
is
n't
my
fault
.
You
see
people
have
got
Compulsory
Education
now
,
and
I
'm
afraid
they
begin
to
mistrust
criticism
,
preferring
to
form
their
own
independent
opinions
;
if
this
is
so
,
of
course
it
will
be
a
terrible
thing
,
because
the
most
carefully
organized
clique
in
the
world
will
be
powerless
.
Everything
has
been
done
for
you
that
can
be
done
,
Mr
Tempest
--
I
am
sure
I
regret
as
much
as
yourself
that
the
result
has
not
been
all
you
expected
or
desired
.
Many
authors
would
not
care
so
much
for
the
public
approval
;
the
applause
of
cultured
journalism
such
as
you
have
obtained
,
would
be
more
than
sufficient
for
them
.
"
I
laughed
bitterly
.
'
The
applause
of
cultured
journalism
!
'
I
thought
I
knew
something
of
the
way
in
which
such
applause
was
won
.
Almost
I
began
to
hate
my
millions
--
golden
trash
that
could
only
secure
me
the
insincere
flattery
of
fair-weather
friends
--
and
that
could
not
give
me
fame
--
such
fame
as
has
sometimes
been
grasped
in
a
moment
by
a
starving
and
neglected
genius
,
who
in
the
very
arms
of
death
,
succeeds
in
mastering
the
world
.
One
day
in
a
fit
of
disappointment
and
petulance
I
said
to
Lucio
--
"
You
have
not
kept
all
your
promises
,
my
friend
!
--
you
told
me
you
could
give
me
fame
!
"
He
looked
at
me
curiously
.
"
Did
I
?
Well
--
and
are
you
not
famous
?
"
"
No
.
I
am
merely
notorious
,
"
I
retorted
.
