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Samoa. _March_.
IN respect to incisive logic, decision, and force, I have sometimes thought that Susannah resembles Mrs. Ulswater. The characters of both, in contact with my temperament, produce a harmony, thrilling but agreeable. But then my temperament is a kettle drum. I have sometimes thought that on a temperament more lute-like, the impact of Susannah might produce -- shall I say? -- surprise. On the temperament of Sadler, -- melancholy and yet buoyant, intricate and yet simple, -- the impact of Susannah seems to produce sometimes extraordinary jubilation, sometimes a condition quite the reverse. He calls her "a melojous circus," a phrase implying jubilation.