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EVERYBODY knows the pleasant feeling with which one contemplates the finishing up of a disagreeable piece of business. It was with this feeling that I returned home, to which was added the further pleasure of giving my friends a pleasant surprise by coming two days before I was expected.
Rose and I walked over from the Stanley mansion, leaving our luggage to follow us.