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Strickland
was
the
most
harmless
of
all
the
lion
-
hunters
that
pursue
their
quarry
from
the
rarefied
heights
of
Hampstead
to
the
nethermost
studios
of
Cheyne
Walk
.
She
had
led
a
very
quiet
youth
in
the
country
,
and
the
books
that
came
down
from
Mudie
’
s
Library
brought
with
them
not
only
their
own
romance
,
but
the
romance
of
London
.
She
had
a
real
passion
for
reading
(
rare
in
her
kind
,
who
for
the
most
part
are
more
interested
in
the
author
than
in
his
book
,
in
the
painter
than
in
his
pictures
)
,
and
she
invented
a
world
of
the
imagination
in
which
she
lived
with
a
freedom
she
never
acquired
in
the
world
of
every
day
.
When
she
came
to
know
writers
it
was
like
adventuring
upon
a
stage
which
till
then
she
had
known
only
from
the
other
side
of
the
footlights
.
She
saw
them
dramatically
,
and
really
seemed
herself
to
live
a
larger
life
because
she
entertained
them
and
visited
them
in
their
fastnesses
.
She
accepted
the
rules
with
which
they
played
the
game
of
life
as
valid
for
them
,
but
never
for
a
moment
thought
of
regulating
her
own
conduct
in
accordance
with
them
.
Their
moral
eccentricities
,
like
their
oddities
of
dress
,
their
wild
theories
and
paradoxes
,
were
an
entertainment
which
amused
her
,
but
had
not
the
slightest
influence
on
her
convictions
.
"
Is
there
a
Mr
.
Strickland
?
"
I
asked
"
Oh
yes
;
he
’
s
something
in
the
city
.
I
believe
he
’
s
a
stockbroker
.
He
’
s
very
dull
.
"
"
Are
they
good
friends
?
"
"
They
adore
one
another
.
You
’
ll
meet
him
if
you
dine
there
.
But
she
doesn
’
t
often
have
people
to
dinner
.
He
’
s
very
quiet
.
He
’
s
not
in
the
least
interested
in
literature
or
the
arts
"
"
Why
do
nice
women
marry
dull
men
?
"
"
Because
intelligent
men
won
’
t
marry
nice
women
.
"
I
could
not
think
of
any
retort
to
this
,
so
I
asked
if
Mrs
.
Strickland
had
children
.
"
Yes
;
she
has
a
boy
and
a
girl
.
They
’
re
both
at
school
.
"
