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"I am at a loss to understand," said Mr. Middleton, "why you have / entitled the narration you have just related, 'The Pleasant Adventures / of Dr. McDill. ' For to my mind, they seemed anything but pleasant / adventures."
"How so? " asked the emir. "Is it not pleasant to thwart the / machinations and defeat the evil intentions of the villains such as / composed the confederacy that sought the doctor's life? Does there not / reside in mankind a sense of justice which rejoices at seeing meted / out to wrong-doers the deserts of their crimes?"