He had not seen sarcomeres: these segments were a figment of his imagination.

The covenstead is the meeting place of a coven.

Not surprisingly, some of the most influential of these interpreters—including Aiken, Van Wyck Brooks, Edmund Wilson, and Kenneth Burke—have operated outside the academy, for within that establishment Freud and his followers have frequently met the fate of other radical innovators: ignored or deplored by many, championed with narrow, even arrogant zeal by some, misabsorbed by nearly everyone after a while.

And then a curious postscript: I share your dislike of the shortening of names but I must say that I'm not sure 'Alexandra' is entirely suitable for you. It seems to me that you require a name with rather more brio. I see you as a 'Lexie'. What do you think?