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[2023] at all, after all, in spite of the great resemblance (for those
who know the power of the passing years), both physical and other-
wise. [2024] It is true the Macmanns are legion in the island and pride
themselves, what is more, with few exceptions, on having one and
all, in the last analysis, sprung from the same illustrious ball.

[2025] It is therefore inevitable they should resemble one another, now
and then, to the point of being confused even in the minds of those
who wish them well and would like nothing better than to tell be-
tween them. [2026] No ^{[place = margin left] [₰]} mattern No matter, any old remains of flesh and
spirit do, there is no sense in stalking people.

[2027] So long as it is
what is called a living being you can't go wrong, you have the
guilty one. [2028] For a long time he did not stir from his bed, not
knowing if he could walk, or even stand, and fearing to run foul
of the authorities, if he could. [2029] Let us then first consider this
first phase of Macmann's stay in the House of Saint John of God.
[2030] We shall then pass on to the second, and even to the third, if
necessary.

[2031] A thousand little things to report, very strange, in view of
my situation, if I interpret them correctly. [2032] But my notes have
a curious tendency, as ^{[place = margin left] as} I realize at last, to annihilate all they
purport to record. [2033] So I hasten to turn aside from this extraordinary
heat, to mention only it, which has seized on certain parts of my
economy; economy, I will not specify which. [2035] And to think I was