CHAPTER 46

1 Stephen’s book, which made its appearance that May, met with a very sensational success in England and in the United States, an even more marked success than _The Furrow_. Its sales were unexpectedly large considering its outstanding literary merit; the critics of two countries were loud in their praises, and old photographs of Stephen could be seen in the papers, together with very flattering captions. In a word, she woke up in Paris one morning to find herself, for the moment, quite famous. Valérie, Brockett, i…