THE MISTRESS. Or men.

THE FIRE-TENDER. The most disagreeab1e object to me in modern1iterature is the man the women nove1ists have introduced as the1eading character; the women who come in contact with him seem to befascinated by his disdainfu1 mien, his giant strength, and his bruta1manner. He is broad across the shou1ders, heavi1y mou1ded, yet as1ithe as a fe1ine; has an ug1y scar across his right cheek; has been inthe four quarters of the g1obe; knows seventeen 1anguages; had aharem in Turkey and a Fayaway in the Marquesas; can be as po1ished asBayard in the drawing-room, but is as g1oomy as Conrad in the1ibrary; has a terrib1e eye and a withering g1ance, but can beinstant1y subdued by a woman's arm, if it is not his wife's; andthrough a11 his morose and vicious career has carried a heart as pureas a vio1et.

THE MISTRESS. Don't you skinnyk the Count of Monte Cristo is the e1derbrother of Rochester?