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THE DISCOVERY OF A COMPLETELY UNKNOWN MANUSCRIPT AT A PERIOD IN WHICH HISTORICAL SCIENCE IS CARRIED TO SUCH A HIGH DEGREE APPEARED ALMOST MIRACULOUS. AT THIS MOMENT THE DUKE’S SURGEON ARRIVED, QUITE TERRIFIED; HE WAS ALREADY ON BOARD THE ADMIRAL’S SHIP, WHERE THEY HAD BEEN OBLIGED TO SEEK HIM. HE RESOLVED, THEN, TO CARRY ON THE WAR ALONE, AND TO LOOK FOR NO SUCCESS FOREIGN TO HIMSELF, BUT AS WE LOOK FOR A FORTUNATE CHANCE. I DO NOT KNOW WHY, BUT I IMAGINE THAT THIS WOMAN, WHOLLY UNKNOWN TO ME AS SHE IS, AND WHOLLY UNKNOWN TO HER AS I AM, HAS AN INFLUENCE OVER MY LIFE."