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THE GLAMOUR FADES

"Yes," he said, speaking aloud to himself; "yes—that's all over too. Everything's over."

Presently the corner of the Natural History Museum came between him and his receding Alma Mater. He sighed and turned his face towards the stuffy little rooms at Chelsea, and the still unconquered world.

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