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Updated: October 23, 2026
I could no more lay a hand upon her than I could upon a spirit. Loudon, I don't believe God ever made a purer-minded woman." Which appeared to me too fervent to be reassuring. Meanwhile I had been long expostulating with my friend upon a different matter. "I'm the fifth wheel," I kept telling him. "For any use I am, I might as well be in Senegambia.
"She's a lady I revere. I could no more lay a hand upon her than I could upon a spirit. Loudon, I don't believe God ever made a purer-minded woman." Which appeared to me too fervent to be reassuring. Meanwhile I had been long expostulating with my friend upon a different matter. "I'm the fifth wheel," I kept telling him. "For any use I am, I might as well be in Senegambia.
What books does she read? Let me see them. I will compile a list. A hint from me...." "Not a word more, Casanova! Here she comes. Keep yourself well in hand; do not let your eyes betray you. Listen, Casanova; I have never known a purer-minded girl. Did she suspect what I have heard from you, she would feel herself soiled, and for the rest of your stay she would not so much as look at you.
It tried to appeal to a catholicity of tastes; to outdo its rivals inscabrousness did not Farandol and Lizette Blandy make their names there? and at the same time to offer to the purer-minded an innocent entertainment. To the latter both Lackaday, with his imitations, and Horatio Bakkus, with his sentimental ballads, contributed. Somehow the mixture failed to please.