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 Strange sensations occupied my mind, spreading a gloom over my countenance:—The expectation of seeing something extraordinary and wonderful thrilled my soul with awe, and an unaccountable chill trembled through my limbs; perhaps it was the effect of a foreboding of my approaching separation from my ever beloved friend, who appeared as cool and unconcerned as ever. When he saw me so silent and gloomy, he said, "So solemn, my friend, it seems you with very little for your old acquaintance."

"It is no pleasant task to unmask an impostor," said I.

"But an useful one," answered he, taking me under the arm, and relating to me his transactions of the day.

This being quite out of his usual way, I could not mistake his intention, and endeavoured to appear cheerful, in which painful task I succeeded at length; however there was still lurking in my soul an awful strange