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or ceased to collect them, when she had only to 

 pour them into the flimsy folds of the lap of Mys- 

 ticism ; who was, in truth, so much absorbed in 

 looking for the treasures which were to fall from 

 the skies, that she heeded little how scantily she 

 obtained, or how loosely she held, such riches as 

 might be found near her. 



