ShehadnothingtodowithNumberEighteenintheBraccioNuovooftheVatican，betweenVisconti’sCeresandtheGodoftheNile。
ShewaspurelyanIndiandeity——anAnglo-Indiandeity，thatistosay——
andwecalledherTHEVenusAnnodomini，todistinguishherfromotherAnnodominisofthesameeverlastingorderTherewasalegendamongtheHillsthatshehadoncebeenyoung；butnolivingmanwaspreparedtocomeforwardandsayboldlythatthelegendwastrue。
MenrodeuptoSimla，andstayed，andwentawayandmadetheirnameanddidtheirlife’swork，andreturnedagaintofindtheVenusAnnodominiexactlyastheyhadleftherShewasasimmutableastheHillsButnotquitesogreenAllthatagirlofeighteencoulddointhewayofriding，walking，dancing，picnickingandover-exertiongenerally，theVenusAnnodominidid，andshowednosignoffatigueortraceofwearinessBesidesperpetualyouth，shehaddiscovered，mensaid，thesecretofperpetualhealth；andherfamespreadaboutthelandFromamerewoman，shegrewtobeanInstitution，insomuchthatnoyoungmancouldbesaidtobeproperlyformed，whohadnot，atsometimeoranother，worshippedattheshrineoftheVenusAnnodominiTherewasnoonelikeher，thoughthereweremanyimitationsSixyearsinhereyeswerenomorethansixmonthstoordinarywomen；andtenmadelessvisibleimpressiononherthandoesaweek’sfeveronanordinarywomanEveryoneadoredher，andinreturnshewaspleasantandcourteoustonearlyeveryoneYouthhadbeenahabitofhersforsolong，thatshecouldnotpartwithit——neverrealized，infact，thenecessityofpartingwithit——andtookforhermorechosenassociatesyoungpeople。
AmongtheworshippersoftheVenusAnnodominiwasyoungGayerson。