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"
Yes
--
but
it
suits
her
wonderfully
.
She
sings
quite
as
sweetly
as
any
thrush
,
so
she
merits
her
designation
.
"
"
What
has
she
done
in
literature
?
"
I
continued
.
"
Oh
--
only
a
novel
!
"
replied
Lucio
with
a
smile
--
"
But
it
has
a
quality
unusual
to
novels
;
it
lives
!
I
hope
,
Tempest
,
that
your
forthcoming
work
will
enjoy
the
same
vitality
.
"
Here
Lord
Elton
who
had
been
more
or
less
brooding
darkly
over
his
glass
of
wine
ever
since
I
had
mentioned
my
purchase
of
Willowsmere
,
roused
himself
from
his
reverie
.
"
Why
,
God
bless
my
soul
!
"
he
exclaimed
--
"
You
do
n't
mean
to
tell
me
you
have
written
a
novel
Mr
Tempest
?
"
(
Was
it
possible
he
had
never
noticed
all
the
prominent
advertisements
of
my
book
in
every
paper
,
I
thought
indignantly
!
)
"
What
do
you
want
to
do
that
for
,
with
your
immense
position
?
"
"
He
hankers
after
fame
!
"
said
Lucio
half
kindly
,
half
satirically
.
"
But
you
've
got
fame
!
"
declared
the
Earl
emphatically
--
"
Everybody
knows
who
you
are
by
this
time
.
"
"
Ah
,
my
dear
lord
,
that
is
not
enough
for
the
aspirations
of
my
gifted
friend
"
--
responded
Lucio
,
speaking
for
me
,
his
eyes
darkening
with
that
mystic
shadow
of
mingled
sorrow
and
scorn
which
so
frequently
clouded
their
lustrous
brilliancy
;
"
He
does
not
particularly
care
for
the
'
immense
position
'
that
is
due
to
wealth
alone
,
because
that
does
not
lift
him
a
jot
higher
than
Maple
of
Tottenham
Court
Road
.
He
seeks
to
soar
beyond
the
furniture
man
--
and
who
shall
blame
him
?
He
would
be
known
for
that
indescribable
quality
called
Genius
--
for
high
thoughts
,
poetry
,
divine
instincts
,
and
prophetic
probings
into
the
heart
of
humanity
--
in
short
,
for
the
power
of
the
Pen
,
which
topples
down
great
kingdoms
like
card-houses
and
sticks
foolscaps
on
the
heads
of
kings
.
Generally
it
is
the
moneyless
man
or
woman
who
is
endowed
with
this
unpurchaseable
power
--
this
independence
of
action
and
indifference
to
opinion
--
the
wealthy
seldom
do
anything
but
spend
or
hoard
.
But
Tempest
means
to
unite
for
once
in
his
own
person
the
two
most
strenuously
opposed
forces
in
nature
--
genius
and
cash
--
or
in
other
words
,
God
and
Mammon
.
"
Lady
Sibyl
turned
her
head
towards
me
;
--
there
was
a
look
of
doubt
and
wonder
on
her
beautiful
face
.
"
I
am
afraid
,
"
--
she
said
half
smiling
,
"
that
the
claims
of
society
will
take
up
too
much
of
your
time
,
Mr
Tempest
,
to
allow
you
to
continue
the
writing
of
books
.
I
remember
you
told
me
the
other
evening
that
you
were
about
to
publish
a
novel
.
