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On an evening of early summer, six months after the death of Edwin Reardon, Jasper of the facile pen was bending over his desk, writing rapidly by the warm western light which told that sunset was near. Not far from him sat his younger sister; she was reading, and the book in her hand bore the title, Mr. Bailey, Grocer.
"How will this do? " Jasper exclaimed, suddenly throwing down his pen.