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of over-excitement, which broke down her
strength for a long time. This year—1888—as
she had long foreseen, was to bring her to the
zenith of honour and fortune, but at the same
time, it contained the germs of the griefs and
troubles which overwhelmed her the following
year.
When at the solemn meeting of the French
Academy of Science, on Christmas Eve 1888, in
presence of a large assembly of the greatest
contemporary men of science, Sonia appeared in
person, and received the Prix Bordin, which was
not only the greatest scientific distinction ever
bestowed on a woman, but also one of the highest
to which any man could aspire, that man was
near her in whose society she had found the
fullest satisfaction of all the cravings of her heart
and mind. At this moment she possessed as
much of the happiness of life as she had ever
dreamt of: the most glorious acknowledgment
of her genius, and an object of her ardent love.
But she was like the princess in the fairy-tale, in
whose cradle the fairies had put all good gifts;
but a jealous fairy had added the one drawback,
that these treasures should always be given her
at the wrong time, or under circumstances that
prevented her from fully enjoying them. While
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