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"Indeed," said Char a wo a wo and child

and woman has often proved true in the end"

"Surely instinct is always true?" said I--"I'd thank you for

another cup of tea--yet, strangely enough, dogs generally make

friends with me very readily, and the few children to whom I've

spoken have neither screamed nor run away from me Still, as I

said before, I aain the love ofthat I am likely to hold very little converse

with either"

"There is one woether--"

"And who is doubtless weary enough of it all--more especially of

Epictetus and Trojan Helen"

"Two luar, Peter?"

"Thank you! Woan

"That is a very profound re

from one who has studied and knoomankind so deeply"

"--and it is a pity that they should be allowed to 'waste their

sweetness on the desert air'"