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She had not been so deeply impressed with the importance of Mignon and her friends that she failed to see their snobbish tendencies. She made mental exception of Jerry and Irma. She was secretly glad that they had declared for her. She liked Jerry's blunt independence and Irma's gentle, lovable personality.
The first half hour Irma confided in me that she had cravings. “Cravings? Cravings for what?” I asked her. “Cravings for papers.” It sounded a trifle goatlike. “Papers?” “Yes, papers. I want to read papers on the lecture platform.” Whereat I heard all Irma's spiritual longings—cravings. She began in school to do papers. That was two years ago.
Is it your hair that you have been putting up on your head? No, it is not your hair. You are not the same. You are " he paused to consider, "yes, that's it. You are a lady." The anger died out of Irma's brown eyes and flushed face. A soft and tender and mysterious light suffused her countenance. "No, I am not a lady," she said, "but you remember what father said.
But I had to go, anyway, for I heard Irma's voice calling from the yard: "Antal, to lunch!" I sat down to the table with you, my sisters, and looked at father. He was sitting at the head of the table, and ate without saying a word. Day after day I troubled my head about this mystery in the chamber, but said not a word to anybody.
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