. The light of the star; a novel. Ill. >ELEN read Douglasss letternext morning while still in bed,and its forthright assault madeher shiver. She did not attemptto deceive herself. She acknowl-edged the singular power of this young man toshake her, to change her course of action. Fromthe first she acknowledged something almostterrifying in the appeal of his eyes, a powerwhich he seemed unconscious of. His wordsof condemnation, of solicitude, troubled her asthe praise of no other man in all her life haddone. He had spoken to her soul, making hertriumph over the vast audience loathsome—almost
. The light of the star; a novel. Ill. >ELEN read Douglasss letternext morning while still in bed,and its forthright assault madeher shiver. She did not attemptto deceive herself. She acknowl-edged the singular power of this young man toshake her, to change her course of action. Fromthe first she acknowledged something almostterrifying in the appeal of his eyes, a powerwhich he seemed unconscious of. His wordsof condemnation, of solicitude, troubled her asthe praise of no other man in all her life haddone. He had spoken to her soul, making hertriumph over the vast audience loathsome—almost criminal. 41 THE LIGHT OF THE STAR He was handsome—a manly man—but sowere dozens of others of her wide talent was undeniable, but he was stillobscure, undeveloped, a failure as an archi-tect, unambitious as a critic, though that washis best point. His articles in The Blazon pos-sessed unusual insight and candor. Beyondthis she knew as little of him as of any other ofthe young newspaper men who sought her ac-quai
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