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The Egoist : A Comedy in Narrative

By: George Meredith

...grams, and he is in motion head and heels! It is an infallible receipt for tuning him. If I want to have him in good temper, I have only to remark, ‘a... ...r orchestral musicians bringing their instruments under the process called tuning. It is not perfect, but it promises to be so soon. We are not angels... ...mped out in search of her Professor herself.” “She says you were lean as a fork, with the wind whistling through the prongs.” “You see how easy it is ... ...nd that beautiful service, and epergnes and inkstands, mirrors, knives and forks, dressing-cases, and the whole mighty category. She protested, she fl... ...submit to his lead, distinctly per- ceiving where its drift divided to the forked currents of what might be in his mind and what was in hers. “Miss Mi...

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