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390 life in Boston had taxed her strength. For years she had complained of the anguish of meeting people; she believed that her students, and even strangers, left the burden of their ills and sorrows with her when they went out from her presence, and she suffered excruciatingly from the nervous excitement produced by even the most casual social intercourse. From this time on her dread of crowds and her distress at meeting people increased and she became gradually more and more inaccessible.