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caught something from them. – "What! saidhe –Do you venture upon two dishes ofstrong GreenTea in one EvengEvening? — WhatNerves you must have! — How I envyyou. — Now, if I were to swallow only onesuch dish – what do you think it's effectwould be upon me? —" "Keep you awakeperhaps all night" — replied Charlotte, mean::ing to overthrow his attempts at Surprise, bythe Grandeur of her own Conceptions. — "Oh!if that were all! — he exclaimed. – No — itacts on me like Poison andwd .would entirely take away the use of my right side, before I had swallowed it 5minutes. — It sounds almost incredible –is a sort of thing hardly tobe beleived — but it has happened to meseveral so often that I cannot doubt it.three times. — The use of my right Side isentirely taken away for several hours!" "It sounds rather odd to be sure — answeredCharlotte coolly – but I dare say it would be proved to be the simplest thing in theWorld, by those who have studied rightsides & GreenTea scientifically ." —& thoroughly1understand all the poſsibilities of theiraction on each other." —VerysSoon2 afterTea, a Letter was brought to Miſs D.DianaP–Parkerfrom the Hotel. — "From Mrs . Charles Dupuis –said she. – some private hand." — And havingread a few lines, exclaimed aloud "Well,

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