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Heroes are more mortal than Divine. While Minds may aspire to the highest principles, everyone's bodies are subject to the same natural desires. In other words, everyone needs to eat. Tom is presently consuming three pounds of ox in the room of Mrs. Waters, who is preening herself for Tom. The narrator apologizes for being spare with descriptions of Tom's appearance and calls him "one of the handsomest young Fellows in the World." The narrator calls on a Muse of War to help him describe Mrs. Waters's attempted seduction of Tom, who cannot succumb until he has finished his food.