A month? I asked. What is the date, Uncle Walter? Nefret asked. ABOUT PROJECT GUTENBERG-TM ETEXTSThis PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm etext, like most PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm etexts,is a public domain work distributed by Professor Michael S. LXIVOLIVIA LANGDONClemens did in fact go to New York that same evening, to spend Christmaswith Dan Slote, and missed Bliss's second letter.
It may have materialized out of theunseen--who knows? At all events it carried him the first stage of ajourney, the end of which he little dreamed. It creates only a smile of amusement to-day, but it was all fresh anddelightful then. He doesn't care much for me, but I can't believe he harbors enough animosity to go to all that trouble. It is comforting to ascribe misfortune to demonic influence, since one may hope to avert it by magical means instead of being forced to accept it as inevitable.
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