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 suddenly. I went away under the greatest apprehensions, and the weather being fine, was tempted to take a walk to a public garden."

"The beautiful morning had assembled there a great number of foreigners and of the inhabitants of F, I went into a remote bower, and ordered some chocolate."

"Retired from the noisy bustle of company, I could now muse on the strange accidents which I had experienced during my short stay at F: I also recollected my dream, and reflected on it more seriously than before. Though I was very much tempted to deem it something more than a delusion of fancy, yet I was still disinclined to ascribe that strange incident to a supernatural cause, being strongly prepossessed against the belief in apparitions, and found myself bewildered in a maze of irksome fancies. I struggled hard with my imagination, striving to forget what had made me so uneasy; however, all