La noche antes de mi partida a Blithedale, regresaba a mis apartamentos de soltero, después de asistir a la maravillosa exhibición de la Dama Enmascarada, cuando un anciano de aspecto algo desaliñado me encontró en una parte oscura de la calle. "......

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