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cheque, but for only the suht me note paper, I sent a little ith it, to the

Duchesse, and when I was alone again I laughed aloud

Three people deterrace!--I

wonder which of the three will get there first!

I would not go out anywhere to dinner, I wanted to be alone to think

over the whole strange turn of fate Do strong desires influence events?

Or are all these things settled beforehand? Or is there so in

reincarnation, which Alathea believes in, and the actions of one life

cause that which looks like fate in the next? We shall haveit will take for my little love to come voluntarily

into my arms?----?