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forty hours as they are going now my lord's recovery is considered certain what was the illness a paralytic stroke sir when her ladyship telegraphed to you in scotland the doctors had given his lordship up is my mother at home her ladyship is at home to you sir
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his first proceeding after reading it was to consult the railway timetable hanging in the hall having done this he returned to the library wrote a short note of inquiry addressed to the musical agent and rang the bell miss
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thunder and lightning explosion and blood send for crouch crouch known and respected wherever english manhood is known and respected was a retired prize fighter
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if those two women meet or what desperate act delamayn may not commit if he finds himself driven to the wall as things are i own frankly i don't know what to do next a great light of the presbyterian church he added with a momentary outbreak
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on the left hand side of the passage there was a drawing room situated at the back of the house and communicating with a dining room in the front on the upper floor there were five bedrooms two on one side of the passage corresponding in size with the dining room
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thought sir patrick and i owe it to myself to bring geoffrey delamayn to a day of reckoning if i can the barking of the dogs in the yard announced the return of the carriage sir patrick went out to meet
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and whether some direct appeal to geoffrey himself might not be in contemplation as the result in that event sir patrick's advice and assistance would be placed without scruple at miss silvester's disposal
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the position of the second son was the position of that wild beast in the house a creature to be got rid of without risk to yourself if you only knew how geoffrey spoke and solved the problem
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a lady of distinction had lately been made the object as her name had already been publicly mentioned in an application to the magistrates there could be no impropriety in stating that the lady in question was mrs glenarm whose approaching union with the honorable geoffrey delamayn was alluded to in another column of the journal
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the under-servants in the hall charged to obey that orders as they valued their places looked from mr geoffrey to the butler the butler looked from mr geoffrey to mr julius julius looked at his brother there was an awkward pause
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answered her uncle mr crum is possibly expecting to receive some special information and is waiting on the chance of being able to communicate it we must hope my dear in tomorrow's post open lady lundie's letter in the meantime said blanche are you sure it is for you and not for me there was no doubt about it
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on the lower floor were two rooms at the right-hand side on entering by the front-door there was a kitchen with its outhouses attached the room next to the kitchen looked into the garden in reuben limbrick's time it was called the study and contained a small collection of books and a large store of fishing-tackle
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open the door one of you fellows he said to the footmen i'm off wait a minute interposed his brother it will be a sad disappointment to my mother to know that you have been here and gone away again without seeing her these are no ordinary circumstances geoffrey come up stairs with me i will take it on myself
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by asserting her claim in opposition to the claim of mrs glenarm she was also asserting herself to be an unmarried woman and was thus serving blanche's interests as well as her own i owe it to blanche to help her
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the cottage was so small that it looked quite lost in the large garden all round it there was a ground floor and a floor above it and that was all on either side of the passage
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the correspondence delivered included exactly as sir patrick had foreseen a letter from lady lundie further investigation on the far more interesting subject of the expected news from glasgow
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he was not quite satisfied that the pecuniary motive was really the motive at the bottom of anne's journey south remembering that geoffrey's trainers had removed him to the neighborhood of london he was inclined to doubt whether some serious quarrel had not taken place between anne and mrs glenarm
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i'm blessed if i take it on myself returned geoffrey open the door wait here at any rate pleaded julius till i can send you down a message send your message to nagle's hotel
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are they turning the iron men's widow into a public character there the name of the widow was unquestionably figuring for the second time in type in a letter of the gossiping sort supplied by an occasional correspondent and distinguished by the title of
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sayings and doings in the north after tattling pleasantly of the prospects of the shooting season of the fashions from paris of an accident to a tourist and of a scandal in the scottish kirk
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and where he had lived during the happiest period of his life his relatives failing to understand that a question of sentiment was involved in this proceeding appealed to hard facts and reminded him that there were no salt mines in the neighborhood reuben limbrick answered so much the worse for the neighborhood and persisted in calling his property salt patch
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revealed nothing the lawyer had not answered sir patrick's inquiry by return of post is that a bad sign asked blanche it is a sign that something has happened
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and to find that an angel of retribution has been thrown into the bargain by the liberal destiny which bestowed on you the woman whom you adore they were all three at home on the wednesday afternoon looking out for the postman
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i well know wrote this estimable and christian woman that i have been all along regarded in the light of an intruder by the family connections of my late beloved husband
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and the drawing room below but not opening into each other three on the other side of the passage consisting of one larger room in front and of two small rooms at the back all these were solidly and completely furnished money had not been spared and workmanship had not been stinted it was all substantial and upstairs and downstairs
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but i was hardly prepared to find myself entirely shut out from all domestic confidence at a time when some serious domestic catastrophe has but too evidently taken place i have no desire dear sir patrick
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delamayn that gentleman had seriously compromised himself with another lady and the lady would oppose his marriage to mrs glenarm with proof in writing to produce in support of her claim
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geoffrey delamayn is going to marry mrs glenarm what cried arnold the idea instantly flashing on him that this was the news which anne had seen sir patrick gave him a warning look and picked up the newspaper from the floor i may as well run through it
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everybody's luck turns sooner or later persisted arnold i can't help thinking our luck is on the turn at last would you mind taking a bet sir patrick apply at the stables
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her ladyship's reply was ominously addressed to her ladyship's brother-in-law i know what that means said blanche eying her uncle eagerly while he was reading a letter if you mention anne's name you insult my step-mother i have mentioned it freely lady lundie is mortally offended with me
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missus glenarm had it appeared received an anonymous letter on the first day of her arrival as guest at the house of a friend residing in the neighborhood of perth the letter warned her that there was an obstacle of which she was herself probably not aware in the way of her projected marriage with mister geoffrey
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the proof was contained in two letters exchanged between the parties and signed by their names and the correspondence was placed as mrs glenarm's disposal on two conditions as follows first that she should
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simply aggravated the noise he was making geoffrey solved this problem also in his own decisive way he swung round as the dog was passing him and kicked it with his heavy boot the little creature fell on the spot whining
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rash judgment of youth a lady who takes a dignified attitude in a family emergency is never mortally offended she is only deeply grieved lady lundie took a dignified attitude
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the agent had already been favored with her instructions to pay the strictest attention to any command received from sir patrick lundie he would take care that sir patrick's message should be given to miss silvester as soon as she arrived at last then
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reuben limbrique was not a hospitable or a sociable man he set very little value on human sympathy in his attacks of illness and he bore congratulations impatiently in his intervals of health
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not less than to theirs the effort proved fruitless with the tide of events turning decidedly in his favor relieved of the necessity of taking a doubtful journey to scotland assured of obtaining his interview with
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he appeared with the third and last remedy for clearing the mind known to the honorable geoffrey delamayn namely two pair of boxing gloves in a carpetbag the gentleman and a prize fighter put on the gloves and faced each other in the classically correct posture of
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offer a sufficiently liberal price to induce the present possessor of the letters to part with them secondly that she should consent to adopt such a method of paying the money as should satisfy the person that he was in no danger of finding himself brought within reach of the law
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i'm at home at nagles i'm not at home here at that point the discussion was interrupted by the appearance of a little terrier in the hall seeing strangers the dog began to bark perfect tranquillity in the house had been absolutely insisted on by the doctors and the servants all trying together to catch the animal and quiet him
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it was all ugly the situation of salt patch was lonely the lands of the market gardeners separated it from other houses jealously surrounded by its own high walls the cottage suggested even to the most unimaginative persons the idea of an asylum or a prison
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relatives occasionally coming to stay with him found the place prey on their spirits and rejoiced when the time came for going home again they were never pressed to stay against their will
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there was news to be relied on at last there was a prospect of seeing her blanche was radiant with happiness arnold was in high spirits for the first time since his return from baden sir patrick tried hard to catch the infection of gayety from his young friends but to his own surprise
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and the women the horrid sick dread in the blood of their smiles of their voices the touch of their hands
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i yet can bless the transient glow which led him to our humble well he was so noble sir to see such majesty was in his mien and bearing bold
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every prayer and as the conflict round us grew intenser in its frenzy dire he fiercer turned as though he drew fresh fury from each mounting fire thou art my bride
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while yet its silver shining strands gleamed bright and beauteous in her hands my child my child but she like one who sees beyond the deep abyss
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but life and death were now to me as equal she the beautiful the fond the dear had perished and not even the cry of victor in his grief could e'er
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but ah for me it lies within my heart it is enough for me to feel the start of mine own blood to know that he is true though all the world should fail that he is true
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that i might ease perhaps with smile or sigh i am at rest now and she turned her face in glad content on me through whose pure light her glances burned like holy lamps on holy shrine
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ah then you love he whispered and a gray dull shadow fell upon his manner gray but hold and fighting up the casement wide he sat again with forehead turned aside
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and you yet afar can you think what it were to hear her shriek out with assurance you'd heed
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yes he went on more shrill in the pause of the death-dealing guns one may ask may he not such a question as that of a man
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but he who sat beside rose to his feet and bending o'er me cried the name what was it and half wonderingly i answered
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i could not live so far she said from where his head may come some weary day to lie nor breathe my breath and know some bed of pain was comfortless
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my very cup took dignity beneath his glance which gently told twas welcome as a cup of gold i quaffed and in a moment more had passed forever from my sight
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of daily care nor live to see my dreams fade in reality to live to love and then to die
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and at last as you looked beheld her slip over those eyes that you love the forehead the hair saw her struggle and catch at some dizzy small branch that would hold but a breath
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while life and love are pure and sweet as april's mingled smile and sigh in which all hopeful fancies meet is not so sad more sad to me it were to see the falling leaves
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he used to say and sharest sway with freedom in this breast of mine your fates are one the selfsame day that sees her fall sees thee and thine laid bruised and bleeding on her shrine
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for reply i drew from my bosom a curl that i kissed and put back on my heart without word 'twas enough
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puss now made a last and desperate effort and had succeeded in forcing her head and shoulders through it when the foremost of the dogs made a spring and seized her violently
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that brought about the hornpipe be the hole o my coat shouted jack there's something alive in it or it would never cut sich capers begorra there is jack something strange entirely has got into it wirra man alive what's to be done jist as she spoke the pot seemed to cut the buckle in prime style
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from the body resembling the hollow one emitted by an empty barrel when struck in the meantime the interment took place and the sensation began like every other to die away in the natural progress of time when behold a report ran abroad like wildfire that
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swung to and fro carrying his unyielding body along with it he was obliged to depart in silence the cow-boy sent by tom's wife who knew well what sort of allurement detained him
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and they could not persuade him at last he got angry and swore a big oath saving your presence that he would not dance a step more and the word was hardly out of his mouth
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there was the pot bobbin up an down and from side to side jiggin it away as merry as a grig an it was quite easy to see that it wasn't the pot itself but what was inside of it
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and i followed its track and at last it led me whilst whisper right up to katey macshane's door and when i was at the threshold i heard a moanin' within a great moanin' and a groanin'
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by the same disorder and that your eldest son was cured in a most extraordinary way when the physicians had given him over tis true for you sir returned tom your father the doctor god be good to him i won't belie him in his grave
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that whenever moll roe slept she had an out-of-the-way custom of keeping her eyes shut if she did however for that matter the loss was her own for sure we all know that when one comes to shut their eyes they can't see as far before them as another
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take place among his friends within many miles of him as to this last class of exceptions it may appear at first very singular that he is much more punctual in his attendance
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he could not help it sir replied tom bourke they that could make him do more than that made him do it howsomever when he had done they wanted him to dance again but he was tired
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the gentleman considered this not impossible amongst a parcel of thoughtless young men and appealed to them to make an apology but one and all on honour denied the impeachment suddenly
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and make your advances a long time before you can hope to obtain possession if you march up boldly and tell him at once your object you are for the most part sure to have the gates closed in your teeth
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told me when my fourth boy was a week sick that himself and dr barry did all that man could do for him but they could not keep him from going after the rest no more they could if the people that took away the rest wished to take him too
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when he remained out after a certain hour was in attendance to conduct his master home i have no doubt that he returned without meeting any material injury as i know that within the last month he was to use his own words as stout and hearty a man as any of his age in the county
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if i have thought billy he shall go and fetch the horses from the bog every night for i don't see why i am not every inch of me as good a gentleman as my master
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when he found himself all alone with nothing but a white cow grazing by his side did he ever discover why he was gifted with these extraordinary powers in the dance tom said mr martin i'll tell you that too sir answered bourke when i come to it
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never wish it twice billy said a little man in a three-cornered hat bound all about with gold lace and with great silver buckles in his shoes so big that it was a wonder how he could carry them
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a story indeed muttered he old wives fables to please the weans as he took up his bundle of tinkering implements
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this reply was made in so decided a tone that pat did not attempt to repeat his appeal but turned away reluctantly to resume his weary journey
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and he fell asleep he got into a perspiration saving your presence as if he was drawn through the river and breathed hard with a great impression on his chest and was very bad very bad entirely through the night
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and the words were scarcely out of his mouth when he made his appearance what to think he knew not when he saw the minister footing it away at the rate of a wedding he had very little time however to think for before he could sit down
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it so happened that upon a christmas morning i think in the year eighteen fourteen there was a deep fall of snow and young m'kenna instead of going to mass
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and i opened the door and there she was herself sitting quite content in the shape of a woman and the black cat that was sittin' by her rose up its back and spit at me but i went on
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according to his order i took the little boy out of the dwelling-house immediately sick as he was and made a bed for him and myself in the cow-house well sir i lay down by his side in the bed between two of the cows
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to pay more court to the dead than the living are precisely those which lead to the opposite conduct in the generality of mankind-a hope of future benefit
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and stockings at the other side of the river he walked over to the crowd and mixed with them for some time without being minded he thought sir that he'd show them better dancing than any of themselves for he was proud of his feet sir
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but he was afraid not to do his bidding so up he got in the evening and away he went for the fort field he was not long there before the little man came towards him and said billy i want to go
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which they twinkle give them an expression of shrewdness and intelligence if not of cunning and this is very much the character of the man if you want to make a bargain with tom bourke you must act as if you were a general besieging a town
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was duly communicated to the family and it was found that the circumstances were exactly as it had represented them this of course was considered as sufficient proof of the truth of its mission
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just as jack spoke the pudding appeared to take the hint for it quietly hopped out and as the house was directly on the roadside turned down towards the bridge the very way that old harry went it was very natural of course that jack and katty should go out to see how it intended to travel
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they could hear no more for harry appeared to feel like a man that carried something a great deal hotter than he wished as anyone might see by the liveliness of his motions
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she then ordered the cow to be drove back to her pasture and again entered the house go now said she to the woman and bring me some milk from every cow in your possession she went and soon returned with a large pail filled with a frightful-looking mixture of blood milk and corrupt matter
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his enthusiasm for the sport however was stronger than his love of religion and he refused to be guided by his father's advice the old man during the altercation got warm
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her arms and cheeks were much the colour of the hair and her saddle nose was the prettiest thing of its kind that ever was on a face her fists for thank goodness she was well starved with them too
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to use the language of the people frank m'kenna was appearing one night about a fortnight after his funeral the daughter of daly the herd a girl about fourteen while lying in bed saw what appeared to be the likeness of m'kenna who had been lost
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after arriving to the ground she remained motionless for a few moments looking around her sharply she then began to skip and jump in a playful manner now advancing at a smart pace towards the cows and again retreating precipitately
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never heeding and asked the old how she was and what ailed her nothing says she what's that on the floor says i
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at the funerals than at the baptisms or weddings of his friends this may be constructed as an instance of disinterested affection for departed worth very uncommon in this selfish world but i'm afraid that the motives which lead
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