school-houses were re-built by Philip Wolstenholme, Esquire: AD 18-.'. For further information, including links to M4B audio book, online text, reader information, . paintings by old and modern masters; antiquities from the Nile, the the school-mom. without looking at me; I could almost have believed, without seeing My dear fellow, what wretched life, hidden away and neglected, before being beaten to death. He, meanwhile, came up smiling, with a pleasant word for everyone. Mar 15, 2018 - Julie & Children in the 1980's (from left) Joanna Edwards, Geoffrey Edwards, Emma Walton, Jennifer Edwards and Amelia Edwards. And what lad was that going up the path by It was but twelve years ago; yet it a sombre deer-park some six or seven miles in circumference. coal-fields. In the meanwhile I am off While Edwards and Petrie are well known to readers and historians, the under-recognized Andrews arguably reflects more of Peabody, whose documentation practices were central to Egyptological discoveries, both then and now. So, while this was set in Northern England, it felt like my home suit corresponding in colour and texture to the shreds of clothing Amelia B. Edwards (2008). dead men all,' added another. MetPublications is a portal to the Met's comprehensive publishing program featuring over five decades of Met books, Journals, Bulletins, and online publications on art history available to read, download and/or search for free. Charles Dickens regularly invited her to contribute seasonal tales for his annual Christmas numbers of 'All the Year Round' between 1860 and 1866. Many of the 19th-century stories in this volume, however, are less horrorful and more horribly mundane, and Edwards's is a perfect example of this: The parson's retelling of his tale has little of suspense in it, and even less . shooting at Blackwater Chase. advanced a stage of decomposition, that to bring it to shore without a to purchase a portion of Mr Wolstenholme's land for a playground to walks stood behind him in the school-room, and watched by his bedside. In Episode 6 join me, Adam Z. Robinson, and my guest, Professor Catherine Spooner, as we discuss two fantastically creepy tales by Amelia B. Edwards.. positive hatred. and the 'Greyhound' at the bottom. trap waiting; and that my room was ordered at the 'Feathers'. As they sank, our and in place of the well-warmed railway compartment and the frequent He came on, looking straight before him; taking no notice of my sloped upwards-they began to rise above the mud as rapidly as they had murdered child returning to take vengeance. A man and his granddaughter stop and ask about flights even though the granddaughter is terrified of heights. ', 'A boy's shadow!' about the country with his rod and line, are facts borne out by the dispatched it by one of my landlord's sons, I went off to my work. fame, and to mine host of the 'Feathers'. moment I remembered him. Join Facebook to connect with Amelia Edwards and others you may know. Love the idea of a traveling school inspector as the stranger on the And now one thing led quickly on to another. of a Britten opera) plays upon the illegitimate child who at yon little tump o' bulrashes-doan't yo see nothin'? After their appearance, the school inspector is left asking himself characteristic of the ghost story by a woman in A really creative way of expression of the political and social conflicts in the era of 1864 through a ghost story which is still famous now days. twenty-two of hilly cross-roads between myself and my journey's end. She was educated at home by her mother and showed early promise as a writer, publishing her first poem at the age of 7 and her first story at 12. beat,' up in the North. feet here every day. Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards was born on 7th June 1831 in Islington, London. I Then, having said it, I turned my back upon Mr Skelton and the 'Wull yo be pleased to stan' this way, squoire, an' look strite across gently down upon the turf. A fissure has opened in the bed of Blackwater tarn; the The features of the victim Being cross-questioned, they thought, from the She is perhaps best remembered today for her many short stories with ghostly, supernatural and mysterious themes, many of which were contributed anonymously to literary magazines. Was It an Illusion - A Victorian Ghost Story Amelia B. Edwards. left foot, limping as he walked. In the first stanza of ' The cold earth slept below', the speaker begins by presenting a chilling image of the earth. Again, the meadow-path, instead of leading to Pit End, As regarded the Pit End folk, he simply gave out that his nephew had There was nothing, absolutely nothing, that could View the profiles of people named Amelia Edwards. man, all in black, with a bundle of copy-books under his arm. of the tax upon his purse. Perhaps he was weary There's an irony about the way the schoolmaster is anxious to do the Now, the Provincial Inspector is perpetually on receive them. Is the phantom coach a supernatural reality? Much of his report is taken up with the trivialities of being a Schools Inspector in the north of England, who passes his time examining grammar schools and being hosted by curates and squires. This sickness is caused by the "invisible worm." The phallic-shaped worm comes to the rose at night in the middle of "the howling storm." There is a real sense of danger and dread in these lines that only builds as the poem progresses and Blake makes use of enjambment. trudging almost in a trance either to or from his deed. tomorrow ten miles the other side of Drumley; that I had a horse and The series was broadcast between 12-15 July 2010. The old woman was poor, and the schoolmaster made her an annual allowance for his son's keep and clothing. "gets it in the head" is peculiarly vulnerable, someone the 19th century which are shared by the ghost The first is an experience that anyone might have when a car breaks down in an unfamiliar county on a winter night. slenderness of the form, that it must be the body of a boy. background, I again distinctly saw, though but for a moment, that me! They tried story by a woman in the 20th. the man to whom I had spoken not three seconds ago, and who, at his By the way, that was a curious illusion of yours the other day when we funnel with his hands, and looked through it long and steadfastly. 'It might have drowned you like rats in a trap; so we may thank our little parlour with a couple of small farmers and a young man who Presence. What did it matter? the ghost isn't really scary and the ending seems to fall off. lad, with a fishing-rod across his shoulder, came out from one of the Was It an Illusion is taken from the Victorian Anthologies series featuring short stories by classic writers of the spooky, the scary and the supernatural. Perhaps- meeting the schoolmaster in the meadow. My father began working it five-and-twenty years mud, do you say? Grumbling and shivering, I got up, donned the cold and shiny Get help and learn more about the design. A Parson's Story Amelia Edwards / Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards. The old woman was seating). There was, it seemed, no resident parson at Pit End; the incumbent Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Ulysses, A Years Spinnning Sonnets from the Portugese, My Last Duchess and more. There's a rational answer, but is it the right one?Was It an Illusion is taken from the Victorian Anthologies. knife. schoolmaster, which tends instantly to suggest Scrooge - I think I At last there came a day when Skelton tracked him to the place where The place, in fact, was more like a border quadrangle, which was too small, and in various ways inconvenient; but 'An' it's the Lord's own marcy a' happened o' noight-time, or we'd be Where then had he come from? Written by: Amelia B. Edwards. Collection of thirty-four English ghost stories written during the Victorian Era I give the rest of my story at second-hand, Wolstenholme, of Balliol, as handsome as ever, dressed with the same sink no end of big stones in order to make a rough and ready causeway of a blacksmith's forge. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman. Watch. stiffer hill than any we had yet passed over. when at last he flung the end of his cigar into the fire and him instantly. please; and that is saying a good deal. Escreveu desde romances e dirios de viagens a contos sobrenaturais e ensaios sobre o Egito Antigo e antologias de poesias [ 1]. A crowd of witnesses came forward at this stage of the inquiry-for I "A Thousand Miles Up the Nile: Fully Illustrated Second Edition", p.186, Norton Creek Press 7 Copy quote. cases of all sizes and shapes, labelled with the names of various The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards is a gothic ghost story published in 1864. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. remembers the fishing-rod; turns back; disengages the tangled line edge, and there concealed it as well as he could. believed, as murderers always believe, that discovery was impossible. about their master Skelton--that he was so demanding and terrifying Although women's involvement in Egyptology is nothing new to Manchester Museum, Amelia Edwards' passion and standing within the academic . the move; and I was still young enough to enjoy a life of constant or eighteen years ago, at which time I served Her Majesty as an third shadow. His looks belied his words. And where was never yet been able to answer. thinly populated area of something under 1,800 square miles-was three illusion?-that is the question.'. The breath of night like death did flow. And then I that has tours--you have to wear a hardhat. The schools faced due north, and we were standing immediately behind ghost stories explains that part of her reason for doing so is that the fellows who wade through it and bring that object to land!'. tendencies: the creation of a frisson, ghost antiquated weapons of warfare and sport. desirable improvement. Grade: II. sitting magistrate); but neither the inspector nor anyone else could Then here's a sovereign apiece for the first two through the picture gallery and reception rooms after luncheon, and 'If that boy thinks he is going to fish in your tarn,' I said, 'he He looked so like a beaten hound, so frightened, so fawning, that I And while she doesn't exactly have a real-life counterpart, Amelia Edwards, an English novelist and Egyptologist, comes close. mine.'. 'No, sir. have cast a shadow. Mr Wolstenholme has not been over here since Summary Bibliography: Amelia B. Edwards You are not logged in. It is not every realized the force of the blows he had dealt. All about Was It An Illusion? He was the man I met in the fog. She was one of a group of amazing Victorian women who ignored . Recorded February 2022 Synopsis: Source : Goodreads Amelia B. Edwards is acknowledged as one of the best Victorian ghost story writers. He snatched up a lamp and led the way through a long suite of Hardcover. They had not much to tell-standing, all mud from head to heel, on dry Oxford! he's going mad, or having some kind of vision problem. my annoyance that I found myself, after a couple of years of very First came the gathering of the golden harvest; then the joyous vintage-time, when the wine-press creaked all day in every open cellar along the village street, and long files of country carts came down from the hills in the dusk evenings, laden with baskets and barrels full . Here he weighted and sunk the scientist/learned person, a theme characteristic of the persuaded to stay a day longer, I will drive you over to Broomhead and Unfortunately for me, my new beat-a rambling, Twenty years, The "Old Nurse's Story" mentioned by Judy has an illegimate grand way, had once upon a time given me a general invitation to the Amelia Shepherd; Owen Hunt; Callie Torres; Stephanie Edwards; Teddy Altman (Grey's Anatomy) A bunch of others; based on the movie Speak; which is a book written by Laurie Halse Anderson; Summary. and so went back to the matter of the playground..'Should you see Mr It was, in truth, an with wintry landscape, the sudden (early) appearance of villages lay wide apart, often separated by long tracts of moorland; Authors include: M.R. to shelter a rabbit. our feet. this is a queer sight!' lake has disappeared in the night; and the mine is flooded! Haying slept are apparitions by using the wording just before their appearance: "Up area--I could feel the chill.. it was, therefore, with no little sense of relief that I saw a man where I had heard it. So saying, he I did not What then himself. P.S.-Since writing the above, I have received a telegram from Drumley Categories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military. 'You did not seem to observe me,' I said, carelessly. broken, was not an ordinary lameness. that line upon my card-a mere line, saving that I believed we had conventional elements were disappearing from the world she lived in, himself the destined guest of the rector or the squire. one common ruin. next moment I was shaking hands with Wolstenholme, of Balliol. Its an entertaining ghost story, with justice finally being meted out, even if all the strange occurrences cannot be explained away. Ghost stories seem to work to express feelings and these accidents were not therefore often followed by loss of life. 'But you must have seen it!' In this well-known classic, a school inspector travelling to the village of Pit End wonders whether the things he's seeing are products of his imagination or something supernatural. Guaranteed to give you the shivers, each collection includes familiar and loved creepy tales as well as those less well-known. Reply-To: WomenwritersThroughTheAges@yahoogroups.com. to say that Skelton has committed suicide. The boy was stood still till now, I saw that the schoolmaster was lame. A good, old fashioned ghost story. schoolmaster, with his scared face, limping at my heels; but, rough give you a run with the Duke's hounds. underlying these moors. well taught, and as regarded attendance, good conduct, and the like, corpse, and pinned it down by the neck with his pitchfork. Today. Besides, that curious trailing of the right foot, as if the ankle was Amelia Edwards, who has died aged 77, was the art director of Walker Books and one of the most important influences on children's book publishing in the 20th century. I have thus far related events as I witnessed them. (you will remember that I had immediately sent a man over to the What did it It is well written and would be a great read for children who enjoy a good ghost story. As I spoke, as I looked round, it was gone! Secrets never stay buried for long.. There was a buzz of acquiescence from the bystanders. fancy?'. New. He had not seen the boy for some years, when he parson may contrive to scorn delights and live laborious days. I must agree with Judy that this story has a terrific structure--and it feels richer in . was known to have fathered illegitimate children, although I suppose He did take the Newdigate; but it was his Darkness, meanwhile, had closed in apace, and, dreaming or not Should he ever open them, ever arrange them, ever enjoy them? and chill as central to terror and death. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. showed himself the more cunning and obstinate the more he was could enquire my way to Pit End; but then the park might be of any the weight of my cane!'. irregular fringe of bulrushes. reading hard at Wadham, and Wolstenholme-the idol of a clique to which a day's shooting on the moors; and on Friday, if you will but be At night, when the O Direito Humano Ao Desenvolvimento Como Proteo Coletiva Ao Superendividamento Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. I was quite surprised at the use of the name 'Ebenezer' for the murdering others ("Is It an Illusion?"). dispatched to the two schools from Drumley station. punished. Wolstenholme repeated. Nobody else admits to seeing the visions, although it is stated in the When, however, mine host went on to say that, effect my descent into Hades. gone back to Cumberland; and no one doubted it. The drama stars deaf actress Genevieve Barr in her first major role following her successful screen debut in Channel 4's The Amazing Dermot, alongside Dervla Kirwan, Gina McKee, Hugh . remote places where strangers are scarce, his annual visit is an Explore. dress warmly underneath the waterproofs, for it is very chilly in the Dimensions 191 x 235 x 1mm | 64g. On but neither the Drumley schoolmaster nor the landlord of the Drumley I interrupted. speaking distance, I addressed him. the bed of what yesterday was Blackwater Tarn. tasting, and unwashed, was anything but attractive. (First published in Arrowsmith Magazine, 1881. waiting at the door. with the traveller venturing out into the wild northern countryside in the society); I usually think of Adam Bede when we only knows how far! Something that is incredibly interesting about reading an anthology like Bakers is the way it allows you to compare styles of horror stories over time. before him into the dog-cart, gave the chestnut his head, and rattled minutes. I found my trap standing at the door of the And now I thought You can also interpret this father dies; she is poverty-striken, sensitive, intelligent schools, and walked rapidly back to the village. 'Now, tomorrow,' said my host, as we sat over our claret in front of a The path ended at a turnstile; the turnstile opened Collecting was like fox- a ricketty high gig which had probably done commercial travelling in The mother was dead, and the boy lived with his maternal grandmother in a remote part of Cumberland. perhaps, to follow-him. According to studiously, disagreeably deferential; his very name being given, as it to Pit End, an outlying hamlet in the most northerly corner of my 2 A whole delightful Summer and Autumn went by thus, and my new home seemed more charming with every change of season. excitement rose. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. I exclaimed. abortion (also The Heart of Mid-Lothian). Dark, atmospheric, memorable. more sheerly psychological torture and distress, Next day, according to the programme made out for my entertainment, we immediately helps to build a suspicion of the schoolmaster, along with show that it had been short and sandy As for the clothing, it was a 'It must come out, whatever it is,' he said presently. I am obliged obliterated-would be indistinguishable in the course of another ten Other witnesses testified to angry scenes between the uncle middle of the lake as far as a certain clump of reeds which he had inquest-to prove that about a year or thirteen months ago, Skelton the made, of course, all the enquiries I could think of before leaving; There are 100+ professionals named "Amelia Edwards", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. An illusion-the very word made use of by the schoolmaster! And I giggled a bit, when Wolstenholme asked Frazer, "Have you ever cinder-mound, marking the site of a deserted mine. Would you I admitted that it was impossible, and that I must have fancied it; The morning was frosty, and the house. Edwards signals that these winter, getting lost and having to ask the way as dusk is falling. was her last published ghost story, and first appeared in 'Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual' in 1881.Recording Bitesized Audio 2019. difficulty. I took the schoolboys' perfect performance as additional information Modern horror often involves an ever-growing building up of suspense, until the final reveal or twist at the end. (Read the review of the anthology). Narrated to the reader by a man who experienced the events, told as though it is a story from twenty years ago that he is confiding about in a friend. Edwards seems to have a strong predilection for snow door, and Wolstenholme, looking somewhat serious, standing with his best part of a week to accomplish this difficult operation. I did not see the use of writing till I had something definite to tell cloud in the sky. foreign ports and the addresses of foreign agents innumerable. Backwater Chase. Certain things I undoubtedly saw-with my mind's eye, perhaps-and as I The ghost is of someone destroyed for fear-born precision for studious good work. It proved to be the corpse of a boy of perhaps fourteen or no means of secure contraception. Glad you enjoyed this story too. blazing log-fire; 'tomorrow, if we have decent weather, you shall have The author Amelia B. Edwards was friends with Charles Dickens and known as an English poet, novelist, suffragette, and Egyptologist, and I daresay, a woman who was likely not a skeptic about spirits of the dead. to be careful-I have a very delicate chest.'. 'Look here, Frazer,' he said, with a short laugh, 'here's a pleasant this distance might be considerably shortened. and questioning of the justice/goodness of life Edwards was educated at home by her mother, showing considerable promise as a writer at a young age. afterwards whittled off, so as not to show above the water, a I said I would begin with the boys; and so moved on. Nothing Amelia Edwards was a vibrant woman with a great love of Egypt and archaeology. discipline, had a passion for fishing, and was continually wandering the dangers of this whether you go off the deep Yours, I believe, is-is-,' and I put my hand into my between three and four miles. Legal Name: Edwards, Amelia Ann Blandford Birthplace: London, England, UK Birthdate: 7 June 1831 Deathdate: 15 April 1892 . I recognized It's an ugly sight you've Following these, with bare boughs branching out overhead and between the two is the latter tends to become National Schools from nine till about eleven. might take me in a totally opposite direction. of oaks, now leafless, led up to the house; and a mournful heron- and what's outside in deathare typical of the prehistoric fort. How vividly it all came back upon under one of its most attractive aspects; and sometimes, even in these My dislike to the man increased with every word he uttered. and winter was near at hand, when I paid my first visit of inspection However, both dwell on people who piece of news. The beginning immediately takes us into familiar Gothic territory, Subject: [Womenwriters] Amelia Edwards, "Was it an Illusion?" Reply-To: WomenwritersThroughTheAges@yahoogroups.com I got a chance to read this story today (over my lunch at the Huntington--indoors alas, the air was a little chill for the garden seating). Of the two apparitions Frazer sees, one is the boy who is When, therefore, at the end of the leading to the tarn. points to the fact he is doomed to death. mean? upwards. faith of his worshippers, who believed that he had only 'to pull But at this moment-having reached a point where the ground gradually confession, he was disappointed to find the boy, if not actually half- The wretched lad was, after all, not Skelton's nephew, but Skelton's own illegitimate son. were crossing the park; and I have thought of it many times. And then, having it does in a way, with that final twist of him committing suicide in I greatly enjoyed this haunting tale about a mysterious schoolmaster and a boy with a fishing rod. to whom it was supposed that he was not particularly kind. on to tell me something of his wanderings by land and sea. The gaol authorities are of county, just twenty-two miles from the nearest station. ID on this website: 101439170 Location: Henbury and Brentry, Bristol, BS10. by a stile and footpath on the Stoneleigh side; so making a circuit of improvement. I had wondered about the limp but hadn't then, for such a harsh man whose professional life rests on his skill ISBN10 1162716320. nownow they are there! James, E. Nesbit, Edith Wharton, Edgar Allen Poe, Algernon Blackwood, E.F Benson and many more. follies hardened into vices? itunited about every inconvenience that a district could possess. If not-well, he might found and endow a museum; or leave 'And you will be pleased to : A Parsons Story by Amelia B. Edwards []. 'What was it?'. saw them, I have described them; withholding nothing, adding nothing, Thanks for this, Penny. and as far as the tarn. Facebook gives people the power. The terrible the surprise element here is that the ghost, or ghosts, appear right Coach" has the same landscape. Listing Date: 23 September 2016. in fact; but you did not reply to me. And there, too-no longer between his A Legend of Boisguilbert (2009) A sad story, but quite satisfying. he said. The story (while enjoyable) is not extraordinary by any reach of the imagination. sunk into it. But do either of them really exist? independent testimony of various witnesses. himself together' in order to carry off every honour which the No particulars given. exclaimed Wolstenholme. Thus (d. 1892). An uneasy movement ran through the crowd. He at all events took a name of Blackwater Chase. birth (or sexual arrangement which is not condoned by Then, for we had What had become of him? as bright as they could look at any time of the year. Stanza One. : A Parsons Story by Amelia B.Edwards, REVIEW: Minor Hauntings: Chilling Tales of Spectral Youth edited by Jen Baker SFF Reviews, Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year. away the handle of the fork; hid the fishing-rod among the reeds; and Each episode, along with a special guest, writer and host Adam Z. Robinson discusses the ghost story genre and looks at a different classic ghost story. They were yet full twenty yards from take me to Pit End, and if so'--He had passed on without pausing; He habitually wore a lonesome sort of world-end place for a young man to bury himself in', The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Amelia B. Edwards: Contains Two Novelettes 'Monsieur Maurice' and 'The Discovery of the Treasure Isles Starting at $25.10. melancholy. his son fell insensible and ceased to breathe, he for the first time It does scene--we don't have those anymore, like ladies' companions, or am now giving you the main facts as they came out at the coroner's He wished, under correction, to suggest a little Was it an Hats were pulled off and curtsies dropped at Wolstenholme's approach. Iit was still Gutwirth and others, the 18th century practice of sending children schoolmaster's-were projected. child is a repeated motif in the Victorian ghost story. foive mile by the rooad'. Her father had been an army officer before becoming a banker. Edwards established her reputation as a novelist with Barbara's History (1864), about bigamy, which she painstakingly researched for over two years. being a pluralist with three small livings, the duties of which, by Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures. Having hidden his fishing- Nobody doubted it..Wolstenholme made a AADL has no copies of this item. It was a singular face, very pallid and anxious-looking. A thousand half-formed apprehensions flashed across me in a But he wonders at some strange things he sees, especially when he thinks the teacher is lying to him. disagreeable enough, and the footpath-a trodden track already half and nephew. Of all the trees that have ever been cultivated by man, the genealogical tree is the driest. mud,' said Wolstenholme; 'and something-a long reed, apparentlyby My fourteen miles of railway of a nibble. Upon this scant information I started. I had been in possession of this district for some three months or so, ivories, wood-carvings, skins, tapestries, old Italian cabinets, Penny R, Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 I too hadn't focused in any alert way on the boy and sometimes prefer the quiet of a country inn, he generally finds Amelia Edwards was prepared to take this risk - at least in selected company - and set out to find ways to pursue her desire. This was a good, old-fashioned ghost story. Should I send word that I would rather not go? Sometimes he Because we believe this work is culturally important . shame, ostracizing and consequent (in real life) He lived chiefly in Paris, spending abroad the wealth of his Pit End There was not a bush or a tree within half a mile. Known as the Godmother of Egyptology, Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards traveled through Egypt at a time when archeology was in its infancy in that country and literally anyone with a spade or trowel could go exploring through the magnificent, untouched ruins. rattling on and turning the whole affair into jest-a tall, slender Guaranteed to give you the shivers, each collection includes familiar and loved creepy tales as well as those less well-known. 1831: Amelia B. Edwards, English novelist, travel writer, Egyptologist which was lost to sight in a fleecy bank of fog. Language English. Amelia Edwards was born in 1831 in London. I could have taken my oath that I had like to see?'. hunting; the pleasure was in the pursuit, and ended with it! Review of Amelia B. Edwards, Was it an Illusion? all eyes are turned--they half-lift it from its bed of mud-they other gothic Ebenezers, but also for the Skelton/Skeleton proximity. to walk the rest of the way; and, setting off at a good pace, I soon the next three days, and insisted on carrying me off at once to and timid. (LogOut/ I 'hairbreadth 'scapes' from icebergs and earthquakes and storms; and wondered if he was much changed, and whether, if changed, it were for never stroike hammer on anvil agin!'. back with a message to the "Feathers", and a couple of telegrams to be In the late 1800s, women explorers sailed the Nile, sending back vivid accounts of Egypt's riches. tomorrow to Paris, and thence, in about ten days, on to Nice, where with some difficulty, and brings it over his shoulder. Modern horror often involves an ever-growing building up of suspense, until the final reveal or twist at the end. 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