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 it was very difficult for Lydia to decide whether she should blush without smiling, or smile without blushing, or blush and smile simultaneously, or just sit with downcast eyes and seem not to understand. How times do change!

The poem which called forth the loudest reprobation was entitled “The Farewell of Clarimonde,” and was suggested by Gautier’s famous story, which Miss Wheeler had somewhere happened upon and devoured with avidity. Here are four stanzas—the worst ones: