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which, as a rule, had fallen to the share of Mittag
Leffler.
Her high spirits continued during the autumn;
she went much into society, and everywhere
formed the centre of a large circle.
There was a strong sarcastic element in Sonia’s
nature; she was a worshipper of genius and
intelligence, and despised mediocrity. But, at
the same time, she was endowed with the poet’s
understanding and sympathetic feeling for all
life’s conflicts, even the most insignificant. She
listened with encouraging interest to all her
friends’ concerns, whether household troubles or
questions of dress, etc., etc.
It was frequently said that she was as simple
and unassuming as a school girl, not thinking
herself superior to any other woman; but this
was a mistake. Her openness was only apparent,
in reality she was very reserved; but the
elasticity of her manners and of her intelligence,
her desire to please, and her psychological
interest for all that was human, gave her the
sympathetic appearance which attracted
everybody. She very rarely vented her sarcasm on
persons inferior to herself, unless she disliked
them very much, but she gave it free play with
those whom she considered her equals.
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