My theory again: high comedy is always a defeat of the chthonian. The Bostonians is The Blithedale Romance dedaemonized.

Well, but Polly attended, as I said; and there were strange simperings, and bowing, and courtesying, between them; the honest gentleman seeming not to know how to let his mistress wait upon him […]

The Claim of a Contemporary Astrologeress / To-day the practice of astrology by competent astrologers is a respected, honourable profession. The law recognizes and protects it as it does the practice of medicine. Many prominent New York men come openly to my studio. . .

Sure thing, I buffed her, and they turfed her to urology, but she bounced back to me! … They attempted to transfer her to urology by modifying her chart (buffing it) to request urine tests, but the doctors in urology sent (bounced) her back.