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Excerpt from A London Legend, Vol. 1 of 3
Brander Swift almost sighed aloud. For the sight of the pigeons, and something in the keen quality of the sunlit air, had reminded him of Venice, and of the days of his youth. Venice! The days of his youth! The two thoughts were full of exquisite pleasure, even of exquisite pain. Brander Swift sighed again. Then, becoming conscious that he was murmuring The days of my youth 1' to himself softly, in a way that made for ridicule, he hurried forward to ascend the Museum steps.
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