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 I shied at the word itself like a horse at something seen dimly in the dark, but it was not to be denied. Letter by letter, it mastered me, as if I had been a child playing with alphabetical blocks, until I came to know its form and meaning in something after the following manner:

Each letter thus taught me a humiliating lesson, but when I came to string them together I learned the greatest lesson of all.

Yes, I was in love. I had as soon looked to