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    CHANCE ENCOUNTERS. 185

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    Chance Encounters. 185

    CHANCE ENCOUNTERS . 185

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1860, page 185, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111860/page/41/