14/16 She cannot be in sympathy with them in her present stage. At forty she will be in sympathy with them, and appreciate them as I do; but that is another story. She has been working at this new book all winter with a fervor and concentration which her isolation has helped to bring about. She owes a debt of gratitude to her surroundings, and some day I shall tell her so." "She says her temper has become that of a fiend." "She is passionate, there is no doubt. |