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So he had lost five of his treasures;
there must still be one remaining - one now infinitely,
unspeakably precious, - but WHICH one? wife, or child?
That was the question that tortured him, by night and
by day, asleep and awake. Well, to have an interest,
of some sort, and half a ray of light, when you are in
a dungeon, is a great support to the body and preserver
of the intellect.