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round it many times, and then rolled 

 round the face so that all was invisible 

 excepting the eyes, with an occasional 

 glimpse of the nose. I now felt greatly 

 inclined to take a peep ; no sooner said 

 than done, and to my intense astonish- 

 ment, I beheld my nurse, the girl who 

 tended me in my great illness, whose 

 partiality for me,' doubtless, was the cause 

 of my first carrying friend being so bitter 

 against me, and pursuing me with so 

 much animosity. I covered the face up 

 very gently, and then sat down to 

 meditate, when I decided it was more 

 prudent, for both her sake and mine, that 

 I should say nothing of the discovery I 

 had made, but let things take their course ; 

 for, if she knew I possessed her secret it 

 would embarrass her, and might have the 

 effect of inducing her to leave me alone 



