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Then the miracle happened. As when of old a reputable goddess ex machinâ saw her favourite hero in dire peril, straightway she drew down a cloud from the celestial stores of Jupiter and enveloped her fondling in kindly night, so that his adversary strove with the darkness, so did Crowl, the cunning cobbler, the much-daring, essay to ensure his friend's safety. He turned off the gas at the meter.
All her thoughts turned on this difficulty; her whole soul was occupied with expedients for effecting its solution. It was wonderful to witness the activity of her otherwise indolent mind on this point, and to see the much-daring intrepidity to which she was spurred by a sense of necessity, and the wish to shine. She begged boldly of Mrs.
"Not if I know it," said Mariette; "she is much too handsome, I will call on her at home." "I think myself good-looking enough to risk it," remarked Tullia. So the much-daring leading dancer went round between the acts and renewed acquaintance with Esther, who would talk only on general subjects.
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