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           "IbelieveVanHelsingsawit,too,forIsawthequicklookunderhisbushybrowsthatIknewofold. ThenhebegantochatofallthingsexceptourselvesanddiseasesandwithsuchaninfinitegenialitythatIcouldseepoorLucy’spretenseofanimationmergeintoreality. Then,withoutanyseemingchange,hebroughttheconversationgentlyroundtohisvisit,andsuavelysaid, 

           "‘Mydearyoungmiss,Ihavethesogreatpleasurebecauseyouaresomuchbeloved. Thatismuch,mydear,evenweretherethatwhichIdonotsee. Theytoldmeyouweredowninthespirit,andthatyouwereofaghastlypale. TothemIsay"Pouf!"’Andhesnappedhisfingersatmeandwenton.‘ButyouandIshallshowthemhowwrongtheyare.Howcanhe’, andhepointedatmewiththesamelookandgestureasthatwithwhichhepointedmeoutinhisclass,on,orratherafter,aparticularoccasionwhichheneverfailstoremindmeof,‘knowanythingofayoungladies? Hehashismadmentoplaywith,andtobringthembacktohappiness,andtothosethatlovethem.Itismuchtodo,and,oh,buttherearerewardsinthatwecanbestowsuchhappiness.Buttheyoungladies! Hehasnowifenordaughter,andtheyoungdonottellthemselvestotheyoung,buttotheold,likeme,whohaveknownsomanysorrowsandthecausesofthem. So,mydear,wewillsendhimawaytosmokethecigaretteinthegarden,whilesyouandIhavelittletalkalltoourselves.’ Itookthehint,andstrolledabout,andpresentlytheprofessorcametothewindowandcalledmein.Helookedgrave,butsaid, ‘Ihavemadecarefulexamination,butthereisnofunctionalcause. WithyouIagreethattherehasbeenmuchbloodlost,ithasbeenbutisnot. Buttheconditionsofherareinnowayanemic. Ihaveaskedhertosendmehermaid,thatImayaskjustoneortwoquestions,thatsoImaynotchancetomissnothing.Iknowwellwhatshewillsay. Andyetthereiscause.Thereisalwayscauseforeverything.