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And to think, of all the great and wonderful things that could have happened . . . that your name should have been mentioned, and by whom and to whom! Now you are sorry for all the terrible things you did when the world seemed an unkind place. Now you recoil from your darker period, that time which preceded this glorious day. No more shall you sit alone in windswept cafes as rain broods over dim cities. No more shall you stand for hours outside your own terrible door, outside the doors of others. No, no . . . you have been mentioned, spoken well of before company, and it is plain to all—your life has acquired the glorious sheen of reputation before which all else must inevitably fall.