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I have never been in an atmosphere sofraught with danger. Withshorthand dictation one can talk as if he were at his own dinner-table--always a most inspiring place. The pain did not trouble him that afternoon, nor during severalsucceeding days. You, who must be kept busy attending to your correspondence, will probably pay little or no attention to this sm

, July, '94. (See Chapters cxlix to cliii. I don't remember who was speaking when we came in, but he was sayingnothing important. The family have been to breakfast.