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"Good morning, Colston. I am in luck, it seems. You have often said that my commendation of your literary work was mere civility, and here you find me absorbed -- actually merged -- in your latest story in the Messenger. Nothing less shocking than your touch upon my shoulder would have roused me to consciousness."
"The proof is stronger than you seem to know," replied the man addressed: "so keen is your eagerness to read my story that you are willing to renounce selfish considerations and forego all the pleasure that you could get from it."