"Well, she would.
She would pay that much tribute to her own genius.

Four-fifths to the claims of the body and the social nervous system, and one-fifth to the desire of the soul.

Tempest is a literary genius by what he has done, and she is a genius by nature, and with so much left undone.

The Slavonian Ambassador--him, and the French Foreign Minister! That looks like a useful combination at this moment--at this moment.

She has a gift for combinations, a wonderful skill, a still more wonderful perception--and a remarkable unscrupulousness.