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cently brought from Madras, and which Ulysses had not seen. I laid it open upon the rack before him. He brought up his monocle and glanced at the title and the author.
"Aha!" he wrote; "I have heard of this man, and have long wished to see some of his work."
"You know what position he occupies in letters?" I asked.
"I do," wrote Ulysses; "I have read what his admirers say of him."
"Very well," I answered; "you know, then,
