This was interesting as well as instructive and, as
I was idly speculating as to the exact location of the cloud, I was
suddenly startled to learn that two beautiful young women--one fair
and wealthy, the other dark and poor, but accomplished--had won my
heart and that I was hesitating as to which one I loved the more.
"This was somewhat distressing and wholly unpremeditated on my
part. I caught myself hoping, with a vague sense of guilt, that my
wife wouldn't hear of it, for I knew it would worry her and bring
about complications between us. Perhaps this was the dark cloud,
I ruminated, and felt cheered by the assurance that it would soon
pass away. The spirit that told me these things was evidently in
a communicative mood and had, no doubt, looked up my case very
carefully.
"'You are very sensitive,' she told me--I use the word 'she'
advisedly, for no masculine spirit could possibly have ferreted out
all these facts. 'You touch many natures closely and benefit by
this faculty.' I had just borrowed a little money from a friend and
wondered if anything personal was intended by the word 'touch.
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