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that when the lady was slowly dissolved into the gentle- 

 man, the astounding effect was produced of .her clothes 

 gradually melting from her form. 



I must now bring my remarks to a conclusion, with 

 the hope that many will find my book useful. If the 

 word Ego has crept in with too much persistence, I trust 

 that my indulgent readers will impute it rather to personal 

 acquaintance with the things of which I write than to any 

 less worthy source. 



