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           Ontheduke’slawn,entreatedbyanEnglishvisitor,shedeclinedtopermithimtomakeandtakeawayherphotographicimage(objectionnotstated).OntheSouthCircularroadinthecompanyofElsaPotter,followedbyanindividualofsinisteraspect,shewenthalfwaydownStamerstreetandturnedabruptlyback(reasonofchangenotstated).Onthevigilofthe15thanniversaryofherbirthshewrotealetterfromMullingar,countyWestmeath,makingabriefallusiontoalocalstudent(facultyandyearnotstated).

           Didthatfirstdivision,portendingaseconddivision,afflicthim?

           Lessthanhehadimagined,morethanhehadhoped.

           Whatseconddeparturewascontemporaneouslyperceivedbyhimsimilarly,ifdifferently?

           Atemporarydepartureofhiscat.

           Whysimilarly,whydifferently?

           Similarly,becauseactuatedbyasecretpurposethequestofanewmale(Mullingarstudent)orofahealingherb(valerian).Differently,becauseofdifferentpossiblereturnstotheinhabitantsortothehabitation.

           Inotherrespectsweretheirdifferencessimilar?

           Inpassivity,ineconomy,intheinstinctoftradition,inunexpectedness.

           As?

           Inasmuchasleaningshesustainedherblondhairforhimtoribbonitforher(cfneckarchingcat).Moreover,onthefreesurfaceofthelakeinStephen’sgreenamidinvertedreflectionsoftreesheruncommentedspit,describingconcentriccirclesofwaterrings,indicatedbytheconstancyofitspermanencethelocusofasomnolentprostratefish(cfmousewatchingcat).