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Famine, then Victory, Followed by Dismay

           YetIresolvedtobeahero,andnottobeconqueredbythepangsofhunger.Marthatookitveryseriously,and,poorwoman,wasverymuchdistressed.Asforme,theimpossibilityofleavingthehousedistressedmeagooddealmore,andforaverygoodreason.Acagedlover’sfeelingsmayeasilybeimagined.

           Myunclewentonworking,hisimaginationwentofframblingintotheidealworldofcombinations;hewasfarawayfromearth,andreallyfarawayfromearthlywants.

           Aboutnoonhungerbegantostimulatemeseverely.Marthahad,withoutthinkinganyharm,clearedoutthelarderthenightbefore,sothatnowtherewasnothingleftinthehouse.StillIheldout;Imadeitapointofhonour.

           Twoo’clockstruck.Thiswasbecomingridiculous;worsethanthat,unbearable.IbegantosaytomyselfthatIwasexaggeratingtheimportanceofthedocument;thatmyunclewouldsurelynotbelieveinit,thathewouldsetitdownasamerepuzzle;thatifitcametotheworst,weshouldlayviolenthandsonhimandkeephimathomeifhethoughtonventuringontheexpeditionthat,afterall,hemighthimselfdiscoverthekeyofthecipher,andthatthenIshouldbeclearatthemereexpenseofmyinvoluntaryabstinence.

           Thesereasonsseemedexcellenttome,thoughonthenightbeforeIshouldhaverejectedthemwithindignation;Ievenwentsofarastocondemnmyselfformyabsurdityinhavingwaitedsolong,andIfinallyresolvedtoletitallout.

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