 How do Ross and Mehta view Brown's acquisition of the magazine?
At the table are Gill; William Shawn, then editor of The New Yorker ; and the reclusive English writer Henry Green. This was, after all, a man renowned for his retiring propriety, a man who sedulously barred anything smacking of the salacious--from lingerie ads to four-letter words--from the magazine he stewarded from 1952 until 1987, five years before his death. Moreover, Mehta writes as Shawn's adoring acolyte, whereas Ross writes as his longtime adulterous lover. Elsewhere, Ross refers to her lover's "very powerful masculinity," only to note on the very next page that "if he suffered a paper cut on a finger and saw blood, he would come into my office, looking pale."
 Mehta felt betrayed by being let go; Ross said she saw the same personality in her as Shawn and was glad to be invited back.
 Neither has a strong opinion on the matter, until after Shawn's death.  Mehta felt betrayed by being let go; Ross said she saw the same personality in her as Shawn and was glad to be invited back.  Ross was glad to see it brought a new interest in the magazine to Shawn, despite Mehta feeling otherwise.  Mehta resents that Shawn passed away so soon after her being brought on, while Ross was just happy to have a job again.