La veille de mon départ pour Blithedale, alors que je rentrais dans mes appartements de célibataire après avoir assisté à la merveilleuse exposition de la Dame voilée, un vieil homme d'apparence plutôt misérable m'a rencontré dans une partie obscure de la rue. "......

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