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 THE TRIPLETS

WE GREW UP IN COMPARATIVE HAPPINESS

at the end he was no nearer discovering again which was the future Duchess, which Mellinid, and which Edil. At last, he gave it up in despair. Henceforth we were known only collectively as the future Duchess and her two sisters, but which is the Duchess, and which the two sisters, will remain for ever a mystery.

'Nevertheless, we grew up in comparative happiness until yesterday, the fateful day when we all became 58