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Transcribed from 1893 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org.  Proofed by Nina Hall, Mohua Sen, Bridie, Francine Smith and David. GREVILLE FANE. Coming in to dress for dinner, I found a telegram: “Mrs. Stormer dying; can you give us half a column for to-morrow evening?  Let her off easy, but not too easy.”  I was late; I was in a hurry; I had very little time to think, but at a venture I dispatched a reply: “Will do what I can.”  It was not till I had dressed