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NIGHTMARE ABBEY.

fatal time is past, for it is now almost eight."

"Then that villain, Raven," said Scythrop, "deceived me when he said that the clock was too fast: but, as you observe very justly, the time has gone by, and I have just reflected, that these repeated crosses in love qualify me to take a very advanced degree in misanthropy; and there is, therefore, good hope that I may make a figure in the world."

THE END.

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