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CHAPTER: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII

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Publisher’s Note.

This NEW LONG STORY is the most important volume by MARIE CORELLIpublished for some years, and the first issued since the Author’sserious illness.

May 31, 1900.

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London . .
HUTCHINSON & CO
Paternoster Row 1900
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PRINTED BY
HAZELL, WATSON, AND VINEY, LD.,
LONDON AND AYLESBURY.
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To

MY DEAREST FRIEND IN THE WORLD

BERTHA VYVER

WHO HAS KNOWN ALL MY LIFE FROM CHILDHOOD

AND HAS BEEN THE WITNESS OF ALL MY

LITERARY WORK FROM ITS

VERY BEGINNING

THIS SIMPLE STORY

IS

GRATEFULLY AND LOVINGLY DEDICATED

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CHAPTER I

It is said by many people who are supposed to “know things,” that ourlife is frequently, if not always, influenced by the first impressionswe ourselves receive of its value or worthlessness. Some folks,presuming to be wiser even than the wisest, go so far as to affirm thatif you, while still an infant in long clothes, happen to take a disgustat the manner and customs of your parents, you will inevitably bedisgusted at most events and persons throughout the remainder of yourearthly pilgrimage. If any truth exists in such a statement, then “Boy”had excellent cause to be profoundly disappointed in his prospects at avery early outset of his career. He sat in what is sometimes called a“feeding-chair,” wedged in by a bar which guarded him from fallingforward or tumbling out upon the floor, and the said bar was provided

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