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When the girls arrived within the sacred precincts of the far-famed
Paternoster Row, Jasmine held her breath a little, and stood still
while she eagerly considered as to which publishing house she should
offer her wares. Finally, she determined that her first pilgrimage
should be to the editor of _The Downfall_, who had not yet returned or
even written to her about her "Ode to Adversity."
The office of _The Downfall_ was not in Paternoster Row, but in a very
narrow street adjoining, and Jasmine, followed by Poppy, plunged
boldly down this narrow alley, and then up, and up, and up, and up the
winding stairs to the editor's office at the top of the house.
Jasmine had not been at all agreeably impressed by Mr. Rogers on the
occasion of her former visit. Unaccompanied by Poppy, she would
scarcely have again ventured to approach him, but Poppy looked quite
determined and resolute enough to give her little companion courage,
and Jasmine's childish voice was presently heard in the outer office
demanding to see the editor.
It so happened that Mr. Rogers was not particularly engaged, for _The
Downfall_ was rapidly proving the truth of its title, and was having a
very quick descent into an early and untimely grave--consequently its
editor had very little to do.
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