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failed in this respect I have no other excuse than that I have 

 acted, as it were, in self-defence. Some persons, taking ad- 

 vantage of my unprotected position, have amused themselves 

 with commenting on my doings, or not doings, throwing out 

 hints and suggestions which might create prejudicial opinions 

 about me in persons whose judgment is not indifferent to me. 

 To set them right I had to make known some facts which I 

 otherwise might have withheld. If these facts are not always 

 agreeable to the persons concerned, I cannot help it ; every- 

 one has first to look out for himself. I am not a person to 

 suffer in silence. 



In taking leave of the kind readers who may perhaps be in- 

 terested in my fortunes, I beg to say that I have at last found 

 that rest lor which I longed so much. I have a home with 

 which I am perfectly satisfied, am independent m every re- 

 spect, and have some true friends who know and love me • 

 more I do not desire. 



THE END. 



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