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delicate health." — "It was very strange! –very remarkable! – very extraordinary" but they were all agreed in determing1 itto be impoſsible that there should not betwo Families;totally seperate & distinct, such a totally distinct set of people as wereconcerned in the reports of each,them made thatmatter quite certain. There must be twoFamilies. — Impoſsible to be otherwise. – "Im::poſsible" & "Impoſsible," was repeated over& over again with great fervour. – Anaccidental resemblance of Names & circum::stances, however striking at first, involvednothing really incredible — and so it wassettled. — Miſs Diana herself derivedan immediate advantageGood to counterbalance herPerplexity. She must put her shawl over her shoulders, & be running about again. Tired as she was, she must instantlyrepair to the Hotel, to investigate thetruth & offer her Services. —

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It would not do. — Not all that the wholeParker racefamily could say among themselves,cd .could produce a happier catastofrophéeé2 thanthat the Family from Surry & the Familyfrom Camberwell werebeing one & thesame. — The rich Westindians, & theyoung LadiesSeminary had all entered

Footnotes

1.
'determing' written in error for determining. The caret within the descender of the 'g', though redundant, was presumably added with the intention of inserting the missing 'in'.Back to context...
2.
JA originally wrote 'catastof' before changing the 'of' to 'rop', and finishing the word 'hée', before overwriting what looks like a double 'e' with a single 'é'.Back to context...
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