"'O first of women who has laid
Magnetic glory on a braid!
In others' tresses we may mark
If they be silken, blonde, or dark,
But thine we praise and dare not feel them,
Not Hermes, god of theft, dare steal them;
It is enough for eye to gaze
Upon their vivifying maze.'"


Jack: "She has beautiful hair, but as an architect I shouldn't
think of mentioning it first. Details should follow, not precede,
general characteristics. Her hair is an exquisite detail; so, you
might say, is her nose, her foot, her voice; but viewed as a
captivating whole, Egeria might be described epigrammatically as an
animated lodestone. When a man approaches her he feels his iron-
work gently and gradually drawn out of him."

Atlas looked distinctly incredulous at this statement, which was
reinforced by the affirmative nods of the whole party.

Penelope: "A man cannot talk to Egeria an hour without wishing the
assistance of the Society for First Aid to the Injured. She is a
kind of feminine fly-paper; the men are attracted by the sweetness,
and in trying to absorb a little of it, they stick fast."

Tommy: "Egeria is worth from two to two and a half times more than
any girl alive; I would as lief talk to her as listen to myself."

Atlas: "Great Jove, what a concession! I wish I could find a