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I had been ill for several weeks with what they called brain fever. The events which I am about to relate happened on the fifteenth day of my illness.
Before beginning to tell my story, it may not be out of place to say a few words about myself, in order to clarify to the imagination of the reader points which would otherwise involve numerous explanatory digressions, more than commonly misplaced in a tale dealing with the materials of this.