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CHAPTER XIII.The statue went to Paris, and the word andthe weight of Maryx went with it, asIhave said,and did for it what influence can do in a day,and genius unaided maybeg for in vain througha score of years.It was accepted by the judges of the Salon,and placed between a group of Louis Rochet'sand a figure, by Paul Dubois. Maryx had hadcarved upon it the letters of her name:Gioja:no more. It was made known to those whom itconcerned that she was a woman,andvery young,and his pupil in Rome.The statue had been unveiled but a fewdays when the city spoke of it and spoke ofhttle else, wherever art was comprehended and