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The landlord was carrying away the valise and the books, but the curate

said to him, "Wait; I want to see what those papers are that are written

in such a good hand" The landlord taking them out handed them to hiht sheets of

, the title of "Novel

of the Ill-advised Curiosity" The curate read three or four lines to

himself, and said, "I must say the title of this novel does not seem to

me a bad one, and I feel an inclination to read it all" To which the

landlord replied, "Then your reverence will do well to read it, for I can

tell you that souests who have read it here have been ed it ofto return it to the person who forgot the valise, books, and

papers here, for h

I know I shall h I