. The story of the Hall of fame, including the lives and portraits of the elect and of those who barely missed election. Also a list of America's most eligible women. troying it later, hardly more than sixcopies being now known to exist. Hawthornes courtship was like the man. He went tosee a Miss Elizabeth Peabody, who had taken a great inter-est in his literary work, and met there her invalid sister,Sophia. Miss Peabody, writing of the meeting, says: AsI said, My sister Sophia, he rose and looked at her intent-ly ; he did not realize how intently. As we went on talking,she would frequently in
. The story of the Hall of fame, including the lives and portraits of the elect and of those who barely missed election. Also a list of America's most eligible women. troying it later, hardly more than sixcopies being now known to exist. Hawthornes courtship was like the man. He went tosee a Miss Elizabeth Peabody, who had taken a great inter-est in his literary work, and met there her invalid sister,Sophia. Miss Peabody, writing of the meeting, says: AsI said, My sister Sophia, he rose and looked at her intent-ly ; he did not realize how intently. As we went on talking,she would frequently interpose a remark, in her low, sweetvoice. Every time she did so, he would look at her again,with the same piercing indrawing gaze. I was struck withit, and thought, What if he should fall in love with her!And the thought troubled me; for she had often told methat nothing would ever tempt her to marry, and inflict ona husband the care of an invalid. When Mr. Hawthorne gotup to go, he said he should come for me in the evening tocall on his sisters; and he added, Miss Sophia, wont youcome, too ? But she replied, I never go out in the evening, 215 THE HALL OF FAME.
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