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A CRUSADE IN THE EAST, 
thee no offense. If thou should’st feel at all hurt, remember 
that I, your best friend, who have saved thee many a beating, 
am of the human species myself; and accept as a peace-of¬ 
fering the sketch herewith appended, in which I have endeav¬ 
ored to do justice to thy personal beauty, and at the same 
time show the world that thou art grievously imposed upon! 
TOKINA. 
