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But can any of us remember to have seen more than four or five specimens of first-rate ideal beauty? Whosoever had seen Lady Montfort would have ranked her amongst such four or five in his recollection. There was in her face that lustrous dazzle to which the Latin poet, perhaps, refers when he speaks of the "Nitor Splendentis Pario marmore purius . . . Et voltus, niminm lubricus adspici,"
Then came other voices: "As we all know, the craniums of us all are absolutely distinct; as much so as our finger-prints." "The measurements correspond identically with those of Pario Camenol, beyond a doubt." "This boy can be none other than Pario." "Then," the high-pitched voice went on, "then notice the formula I have written on this blackboard.
"If the committeemen are entirely finished with their measurements," stated the unseen experimenter, "I would like to have the results compared with the recorded figures of Pario Camenol, who was born on the two hundred and fifteenth day of the year twenty-one thousand seven hundred and four." Another rest, and Estra said: "They are examining a boy who appears to be about twelve years of age."
Briefly, I have incorporated in Pario Camenol's standard diet certain elements which have hitherto been unsafe to combine. These elements are derivatives of the potash group, for the most part, together with phosphates which need a new classification. Their effect," impressively, "has been to postpone age indefinitely!" There must have been a tremendous sensation in that hall.
Here was whiteness which no lilies, ivory, nor alabaster could match. The finest cambric might indeed be supposed from envy to cover that bosom which was much whiter than itself. It was indeed, Nitor splendens Pario marmore purius. A gloss shining beyond the purest brightness of Parian marble. Such was the outside of Sophia; nor was this beautiful frame disgraced by an inhabitant unworthy of it.
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