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easily and speedily succeed in it. Touching thefirst consideration," said Death, " I perceive itadmits of instant decision. The effects of the de-cree, by which I find that the leeches were mysupporters, my most effective friends, serve toteach me that the decree must be unconditionallyreversed; the men of physic must be recalled;they must be reinstated in all their privileges andimmunities, and be let loose as heretofore uponthe inhabitants of the province—of the capital,more especially—in the unbridled exercise oftheir accustomed practices. The man of dry andnaked bones received that sensation of sullen gra-tification, when reflecting upon his plan, which noother man could feel. A half-formed smile wouldhave passed over his ghastly countenance, signi-ficant of anticipated success, but it was repulsedand chased away from a visage so hostile to itscharacter, by a withering and rigid grin which ad-mitted not a glimpse of relaxation.

Still this resolution extended and embraced thefirst and easiest division, only, of what he in-tended to perform: the object of his more ardu-

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