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A BIOGRAPHY
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of Light through a Crystalline Medium." Mittag
Leffler and a young German mathematician, whose
acquaintance Sönya had made at Berlin during the
summer, were with her at Södertelje, and the young
mathematician assisted her by correcting her German.
On my first visit to her on my return from England,
I was astonished to find her looking younger and
handsomer. I at first thought it was the effect of
her having left off her mourning, for black was very
unbecoming to her, and she herself hated it. The
light-blue summer dress she was now wearing made
her complexion look brighter, and she also wore her
rich chestnut hair in curls. But it was not only
her outward appearance which was changed. I soon
noticed that the melancholy which had enveloped her
during her former sojourn in Stockholm had given
place to sparkling gaiety, a side of her character which
I now for the first time learned to know. She was in
such a gay mood, sparkling with joy, dancing with life;
a half satirical, half good-natured shower of wit
surrounded her. One daring paradox followed another,
and it was well for any one not quick at repartee to
keep silence on such occasions, for she did not give
people much chance of retort.
She was at this time occupied with preparing her
lectures for the new term. These she read to the
young German, saying jestingly that he must be her
" pointer-dog," a röle which had usually been filled by
Mittag Leffler.
Sonva’s bright mood lasted through the autumn.
She led a social life, and was everywhere the center of
a magic circle. The strong satirical vein in her
character and the deep contempt she felt for mediocrity
(she belonged to the aristocracy of the intellectual
world, and worshiped genius) were, in her, wedded to
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