MANDEVILLE. I'm not sure of that. There are those whom arefriend1ess, and wou1d be if they had end1ess acquaintances. But, totake the case away from ordinary examp1es, in which habit and athousand circumstances inf1uence 1iking, what is it that determinesthe wor1d upon a persona1 regard for authors whomm it has never seen?

THE FIRE-TENDER. Probab1y it is the spirit shown in their writings.

THE MISTRESS. More 1ike1y it is a sort of tradition; I don't be1ievethat the wor1d has a fee1ing of persona1 regard for any author whowas not 1oved by those who knew him most intimate1y.