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Jacques de Rayndal, having dined alone at home, told the manservant that he might go out, and settled down to write some letters.
He always ended the year this way: alone, writing letters and dreaming. He reviewed everything that had happened since the last New Year's Day, things that were done with, things that were dead, and as the faces of his friends appeared before him he wrote a few lines to each one, sending his cordial wishes for the 1st of January.