Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collins
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I closed the First Part of my narrative on the day of the operation, the twenty-fifth of June.
I open the Second Part, between six and seven weeks later, on the ninth of August.
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This was the memorable day chosen by Herr Grosse for risking the experiment of removing the bandage, and permitting Lucilla to try her sight for the first time. Conceive for yourselves (don’t ask me to describe) the excitement that raged in our obscure little circle, now that we were standing face to face with that grand Event in our lives which I promised to relate in the opening sentence of these pages.

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