\"Mercifullyherbookshavecomfortedher。Sheisrestingamongthemnow。Madameispossessedofamagnificentlibrary，sir，encyclopaedicinitsscopeandcosmopolitaninitspointofview。Initarerepresentedeveryageandeveryracesincethedawnofletters；
thousandsuponthousandsofauthors，sir，RabelaisandDeanFarrar，LambandtheHindoos，MettlelinkandthepithofthegreatphilosopherssuchasJohnOliverHobbes，Locke，HumeandEarlSpencer；thebitingsarcasmofHiny，thepathosofPeps，theoratoricalmaster—strokesofsuchmenasGladstone，DemosthenesandKeirHardie；theromanceofKipling，sir，ofBretHarteandDantyRossini；thepoetryofKempisaBrowningandofElizabethThomasBarrett——all，allarethereboundinPersiancalf。Amongthesesheseeksforsolace。Totheseshefliesinhoursofanguish。\"
\"Doessheindeed？\"saidtheProphet，feelingthoroughlyoverwhelmed。
\"Shedesiresmetotakeyoutoheratonce，sir，theretoconferand\"——
heloweredhisvoiceandtrembledvisibly——\"toarrangemeasuresfortheprotectionofmylife。\"