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have been in my secret while I was compiling these narratives, nor is it probable that they will ever become public during the life of their author. Even were that event to happen, I am not ambitious of the honoured distinction, monstrari digito. I confess, that, were it safe to cherish such dreams at all, I should more enjoy the thought of remaining behind the