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THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH 1
THE MAN WITH THE NOSE 33
BEHOLD IT WAS A DREAM! 83
POOR PRETTY BOBBY 131
UNDER THE CLOAK 191
THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH,
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
MRS. DE WYNT TO MRS. MONTRESOR.
"MY DEAREST CECILIA,
"With that suspiciousness which is so characteristic of you, you will immediately begin to hint that there must be some terrible unaccountable smell, or some odious inexplicable noise haunting the reception rooms. Nothing of the kind, the woman assured me, and she did not look as if she were telling stories. You will next suggest--remembering the rose-coloured curtains--that its last occupant was a member of the demi-monde. Wrong again. Its last occupant was an elderly and unexceptionable Indian officer, without a liver, and with a most lawful wife. They did not stay long, it is true, but then, as the housekeeper told me, he was a deplorable old hypochondriac, who never could bear to stay a fortnight in any one place. So lay aside that scepticism, which is your besetting sin, and give unfeigned thanks to St. Brigitta, or St. Gengulpha, or St. Catherine of Sienna, or whoever is your tutelar saint, for having provided you with a palace at the cost of a hovel, and for having sent you such an invaluable friend as
"Your attached "ELIZABETH DE WYNT."
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