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AT QUEEN'S LIFE
Sketchy Story of the Life of . Our
Late Ruler.
'Etre year 1817 was a metnorable.one maters on the other and the Prlemeetf
the history of Engiand.:Seldom had
ties prosperIty of a country whish had
known no serious hitch or (denotle for
Victoria opposite.
DI:INOUNQED BNB, MOTHER.
When replying to a speech in which
oeutnry been more tsoriously' men- hes health had been proposed, the
aced; never were the desttnios of tt Xing burst forth in a bitter tirade
oomentutionai monarchy that had steed' agaluet tate Duohaas.
the stomas of t00 years enveloped ire "I trust in God," lie,exelaimed, "that
more fobidding groom. 1 may have the satisfaction of leaving
The death of the Prineeee Charlotte the royal authority on my death to the
opened up the prospect of succession to, personal exereise of that yes' egf lady
the theme to the youngest on of (peintiag to the Princess)—the heiress
George Ill., and had umpired him with presumptive of the orown—and not in
a desire to marry. As yet the only the hands of a person now near me
eons who had taken wives wore the eel.) is suriounde-d by evil advisers, and
who is herself incompetent to act with
propriety in the station in whioh she
would be placed. I have no hesitation
in saying that I have bean insulted--
grossly
nsulted—gressly and continually insulted — by
that person, but 1 am determined to
endure ao longer a course of behavior
so disrespectful to me,"
The icing particularly complained of
the manner in which the Priueess bad
been prevented from attendie; at
Duke of York, woo bad children, end
the Duke of Cumberland, whose first
living child was net barn 1,111 1819.
The third brother was Edward, Duke
of Kent, then 51 years of age. He was
not on terms of ordinary friendship
with any of his brothers. Suddenly he
determined to marry.
Victoria, daughter of Duke Franz of
Saxe -Coburg, at that time 32 years of
age, had taken the Duke's fanny. On cunei by her mother.
July 11, 1818, this lady became the I
Dechess of Sent, the future mother of "For the future," he said, "I shall
the future Queen el England. insist and command that the Princess
IIEWAS POOR. do upon all occasions appear at my
court, as it is her duty to do."
Having begun with an anathema the
Sing ended with a benediction, speak-
ing of the Princess and her future
reign in a tone of paternal interest
and affection. The effect. however,
When the Duke was informed by his
consort that he had the prospect of an
heir, it Was his wish that the child
should be born on English soil. The
journey was attended with difficulty,
for Bus Grace was much pressed for
ready gash. In the spring rib 1810,
however, the journey was made. The
Duk': and Duchses were iostalied at
Kensington Palace, then, as now, a
place of residence for the members and
proteges of the royal family, and on
May 24, 1818, "a pretty little Princess,
plump as a partridge,' was born. Tho
Duke was delighted with the child, He
would dandle and caress her, and
then hand her to tbe arms of admin- Princess Vietoria was of a. a His pray- their civil and natural relations, and
admir-
ing spectators, with the caution, g
"Take care el her, for' She will beer was just granted, but only just, this was the only sign of emotion
Queen of Haglund." Itis Grace did nut It wan not until she was 12 years which she evinced. Her manner to
live to enjoy his parental happiness old that the Princess Victoria was them was very graceful and engag-
permitted to know the high destiny ing. She kissed them both and rose
reserved for her, and even then the from her chair and moved toward the
knowledge came in an almost ecoid- Duke of Sussex, who was farthest
entail mariner. from her and too infirm to reach her.
ASSAILED A LORD. She Seemed rather bewildered at the
Meanwhile the future nust:end of multitude f h sworn and
the Prinoess and her cousin was grow-
ing up in Germany. Prince Albert,
the son of ing Duke of Coburg, was
barn at Reesman in the August of
the same year as Princess Victoria,
and it is a curious coincidence, con-
side+rhvg the future connection of the
children, that Mme. Sieboid, the ac-
couchese who attended the Duchess of
Jif
0"7172-
• yl'I r'oio
lupi, heedless' ,ole rani and gold, to wit.,
nese the bvldal paoeassion me its war
to and troll the r.hapal'
Neeteithsteteling the hearty affol^te
oe:the Queen to identity berseLt with
her eeltjeote and to promote their Wel.
rare, three attempts have been made
upon her life. An Lneene posit boy,
Edward Oxford, fired a pistol et Her
Majesty as she W4$ driving- on 0013-
atitut.0nel ',Hill, The attapk was ro-
pe'ated by one iranois with a similar
weapon on nearly the same spot. The
pistol ball passed under the oarrlage,
About two; months after this a Inineh-
hank •named. Bean simileely essayed
the assassin's role, but was prevent-
cd from accompiislitag this objaot by
a .bot', Dassettt, who happened to be
near.
THE ROYAL LINE,
The Queen was descended froun
Wrdliam the Odtaqueror, who claimed
commotion with the proviet s regiine,
and included Alfred the Great among
les ancestors, Dere is the family
Lune, •traceele 'backward from bar
Majesty to Widllam;
Vietoria.
Daughter df Edward, Duke of Kent,
Third son of George III.,
San of Frederick Lewis Prince of,
.• tte Wales,
Son of 'George II.,
• - " Son of George L,
Soh af Princess Sophia, who married
the Elector of Hanover,
• ' �, Daughter of James I,
✓ Sun, of Mary Queen of Soots.
Daughter of James V„ of Scotland,
San of Princess Margaret,
Daughter of Henry VII.,
San of Margaret, wit) of ^Ettmond
Tudor, Earl of Richmond,
the doors were thrown open, and the days after her lover had reached Daughter of. John de Beaufort,
young Queen entered. Windsor—the Queen informed Lord Marquis of Somerset and Dorset.
which the royal utterannee produoed Of the prooeodings the Clerk of the Melbourne that she had made up her Son o,f John of Gaunt , Duke of
lain' Tho lonkod in " alftor she had read mind ae to her marriage. On the 15th Lancaster and Sing of Castile and
deep distress, the Princess burst into her speech and taken and signed the she thus wrote to Baron Stockmer1 Leon.
tears, the Duchess of Kent said not oath foe the security of the Church "I do ;feel so guilty S know not Sam oe Edward III.
a ward, but soon after leaving the of Scotland the Privy Councillors how to bcygln my !steer, lint I think San of Edward 11.,
room, announced her immediate d,e . were sworn, the two royal Dukes first the news it will cou;tain will be suf- Soni' of Edward I.,
parture, and ordered her oarriage. : by themselves, and as these two old (ielen�t to insure your forgiveness. Al- San, of Henry Ill:,
There was but one event which His men her uncles, knelt before her, bent has completely won my heart, Son of Jnhn of Magna Marta fame,
Majesty wished to live to witness in sweating. allegiance and kissing her and all was settled between us this San' of Henry 11.,
hie " Gad -forsaken realm," Ha devout- hand, T saw; he'r bluish up to rho eyes, maiming. I tool certain h) tvi11 San of Matilda, wife of Geoffery
Ly prayed that he might live till the ae if s4is talk the conteast between mak) me very happy t wish I could Plantagenet, c
KING EDWARD VII.
The New Ruler of Great Britain and all Her Colonies.
was a arming. QueenCouncil wrote:
Long.
It had been prophesied tbat two
mernbers el the family' would die in
the. course of 1820. The Duke believed
the prophecy implicitly, but he epp.ied
ill to his brothers. In, the winter of
1819 he had glove to the sheltered wa-
tering place of Sidmouth, in Devon-
shire, "to cheat," as he said, "the win-
ter." One day he happened, when
taking a walk, to get wet and to catch
cola, deuce intiammation of the
lungs supervened and carried h,m off.
"The poor widow Ifoand herself,
awing to the Duke's considerable
debts, iu a very uneemiortable post- Coburg, at the birth of the young
Liao at the time of his death. Her Prince, had only three months before
brother, Leopold, enabled tier to re- attended the Duchess of Kent at the
turn to liensington, where she hence- birth of the Princess. "How pretty
forth devoted herself to the education
of her child, Queen Victoria, '
PROPII50 V FULFILLED.
the little Mayflower," writes the
grandmother both of Albert and Vic-
toria, the Dowager Duchess of Co-
FASHION'S FRI3,LS, '
etddeteete oe the I80!'s' Is Gold, Tin -
set, 'Velvet, Vac" earl 1,ne.
Gold braid tlpsel trimmings and the•
little ferrets and atguillettes which tin'
Wit our velvet and silk ties glYe the
neeeoyary toilettes Of gold to evol'yday
dress, Never was there a time when
so many pretty chiffons and little ea-
eeseories were needed to complete a
fashionable toilet as at the present
moment.
In the cut scare beautiful transpar-
ent sleeves of ecru point de venlse lace
are shown; they are trimmed with nar,
row black ribbon velvet, and have
plate of direly tucked white chiffon
et the wrists, with pointed puffs of
ehlffon extending over the bunds. A
which
A etnow so fashionableair of the is also esbo n.
PER$PNALITIes.
The Prince of Wales has taken to
writing verse.
Sir William Hugena, K, C. Be the.
astronomer, has been elected president'
of the Royal society, In succession to
Lord Lister.
Chester A. Arthur had been collector
of the port of New York, but bad never
held an elective Mike until he became
Vide president. ,
Blebop Potter of New York deplores
the decline of home cooking and ax -
presses Borrow for the coming of what
be calls the "tinned" era.
Obartee Ad. Hays, the new bead of the
Southern Pacific railroad, was born in
1558 and in 1878 wos a clerk to San
Francisco, getting $4b a month.
Henry H. Rogers, the New Toth mil-
lionaire and copper king, was 50 yeiirs
ago selling newspapers on the streets
of New Bedford, Mass. Ito then went
into a grocery store, getting $3 r week
and board.
Hoke, Smith of .Atlanta, newspaper
man and former member of President
Olevelgnd'n cabinet,. has given travel -
Ing libraries to 14 courtles in Georgie.
'rhe books are' intended for school chil.
dren and are to make the circuit of
the schools.
Dr. Oscar /new, who bas resigned
from the rnited States agricultural de-
partment to become a. member of the
faculty of the Agricultural college of
the Japanese Imperial unlverslty at To-
kyo, will receive In that position a salami
ry of 87,000 a year.
Christine Nilsson cherishes in a
unique wav mementos o£'her triumphs
on the concert stage. One of her rooms
is papered with leaves of music taken
from the varinus operas In wield) she
d, Another Is decorated
bas appears
with reeeipted hotel hills made out In
her name diving her tours.
Tom L. Johnson, the noted capitalist
ante 9CCBssoarEa oz< nesse,
and siugle tax advocate of Cleveland,
They are made of fine creamy lace, a most countable Winn, but bas a
great aversion to proPestiional beggars.
and have pointed cuffs of transparent Re returned recently from a trip
lace, edged with a double row of,gnld abroad and'reports that he could not
tinsel braid. become accustomed to the universal
-Another figure sbowe a folded neck- European custom of "tipping."
y g D h f Henry1.,b i t my lace
I
sa I felt as certain of making him lug ser o nxy an o gree , witty a vvw ur Captain Dreyfus hue in Paris
happy. Leopold must tell ydu all San aP William the Conqueror. narrow ribbon velvet on the left side. for thet Inst Pew weeks, but beene n Prix
lane ends of the velvet are finished.
about the details, whinb I have net The Queen through the Georges very little and sees ut' one. Mme. Drey-
ut
ofi' with small gold buttons. Another
time to do." was 'a Guelph. This family was fop has remained In Geneva, where the
I Eannded in 489 byAnulphus Hunul faded neckband has a Ue of ribbon ;family bas now definitely settled for
The official and pub]'o announce- p velvet with paired gilt ends• the education of de tut children, .who,
mane of the betrothal was not made line 4A Guelph, the first of the north- i As already said. accessories are MOW- ;
dither in' Germany or England illi ern Sings of Italy. He subsequently' pensable, and particularly .the little' P0' obvious reasons, could cot be
obtained possession of Bavaria, and scarfs and ties, the thous of velvet brought up 1n a Freneb public sehooL
the close af the year. Captain Dreyfus will probably stay
The Prnnca arrived in En land for the. Guelphs ruled there for many con- or crape, and velvet tabs and adorn- 1 there some time.
mu t u e o mon who were g buries, tend afterwards held sway in meats, which are seen on alt fs.ablon-
who came, one after another, to kiss his marriage an February 6, 1840. able toilets. In Pact, our bodices seem (alone! George P. Gro+sh; P Kansaso.
her hand, but she did not speak to
anybody, nor did she make the slight-
est diffetrenoe in her manner, or sbow
any in her countenance to any individ-
ual of any rank, station, or party. I
particularly watched her when Lord
Melbourne and the Ministers and the
Duke of Wellington and Peel ap
proacher. her She went through the
whoe ceremony occasionally looking at
Melbourne for instruction when she
bad any doubt what to do, which
hardly ever occurred, end with per-
fect calmness and self-possession, but
at the same time with a graceful mod -
Six days after the death of the Duke burg, to the Dpehese of Kent, "will esty and propriety particularly inter-
estin end ingratiating." they passed ware more fortunate
of lent the prophecy above emotional be when I 658 Lt ge a year's time, Sie- g g' than those who had crowded the even-' to the British Crown on the death of`"-
yby bold can not sufficient! describe what ITER EIIGAGEME\TT•of crape or hebe velvet wltb ends, the
was completely GeorgelId the death y On October 14, 1889,—that is, foul• ues of St. James's Palaoe in the morn- Queen Anne. But she diad seven velvet In loops the armee tucked or i
of leis father, III. On Monday, et, dear little lobe it is." The Dlayflaw-
the 31st, the new sovereign, the Prince er above spoken of was, of course, the
Regent, was proclaimed George IV. The' Princess Victoria. From a very early
health of the new King was precari-
ous; Iits age wss advanced; he had no
legal heir. The Duke of York, the
heir apparent, /was married, had no
family, and Itis Duchess was in a-de-
cliu.ng state, The Duke of Clarence
the next in order, was of ripe age. He
had had two d•auahters burn to him.
Each of them had died in Iafaney, but
further issue, tllussgh not probable,
was, still not an impussible contiu-
genoy. The next in succession wee
the infant hisses at Kensington
Palace. Every year as it pawns by
made it more apparent that if only the
life of the royal babe were sparer! upott
her the monarchy ultimately' must de..
valve. As a matter of fact the pro,
phette (wast of the Dake of Kent was
fulfilled earlier than might have been
anticipated. The Regent reigned
LOT ;;use 10 years after bis ascent to the
throne as George IV„ the Duke of
Clarence just seven years ae William
IV.
On August 30, 1830, Ring William,
who had uccede:d to the throne on the
death of his brother, in 1830, gave a
dinner party at Windacr on hia birth.
day.
There was one ,person whom the
King ;detested more even than his
Min'istera — the mother of the Prin.-
sees, the Duchess of Kent, who had not
been sparing 1n her criticisms on the
reception ate had met from the royal
family in England. The Duchess had
applied for a suit of apartmante fox
her own use in Kensington Palace, and
had been refused by the Sing. She
appropr.tated Clic rooms, notwithstand-
ing the doalal. The Ring informed
her publicity that he neither understood
nor would endure eondnot so dis-
respaotlal to him. This, though' said
Lamely and publfoly, was only the mut-
terings of a storm which broke next
day, It. was the royal birthdn.y, grid
the King had invited a hundred people
to dinner, The Dealings of Kent eat
mat, one side of His ;'Majesty, one of his
Saxony One qi+ the Guelphs Wmll[am City bsv n spoon toot cos. m
The marriage book place on February strewn d'ith odds and Buds. From the
10 in, the obese! of St. James's Palace. eouuder of the House, of Lunenberg., fussiness of lace and the -sigh°g fore . Yelu•s ago he was offered that sum for
"The monten,g," writes Theodore had seven sons and eight daughters. rets on ribbon to the mflny charms, ,his share In a Mexican mine He re
Martin in his "Life of the Prince Coil- ; The sons agreed among themselves seals and pendants which swing on our 'Fused, and a day or ttvo later the pion
sort," "had bean, wet, foggy and die- i net to d6vide the dukedom. One to elinins, arty was pooded by rains. Then enure
mai, but the day was not to want I ba seleoted by lot, was to marry, and Exquisite are tbe aew galans and 1 a cava In which ruined the property.
the Sappy amen of that sunshine he and his children after him were trimmings to applique form, but gold ` Out o of he ore on spoon the bank Mr. ad that Gross
ss
whish lama afterward to be prover- bo rule. The unusual arrangement and silver tinsel In combination with he has to show for his 810,000.
all
Wally known as 'Queen's weather.' was dbaerved 'to the letter, avid colored velvet Is the newest idea and
most charming In faced cloth or band-
matrimonial
and-
Soon after the return, of the bridal George the sixth brother, won the C
t ' 1 t H' youngest son some chine silk. i ITEM. OF INTEREST..
party from the chapel the clouds pas -
Ernest
rtmonaa prize
sod off, the sun shone out with un-
usual brilliancy and the thousands
who lined rho roads from Backing -
ham Palace to Wlssdsor Castle to see
the sovereign and her husband as
is The Sanvler mattes oP lace, such se ,
Ernest Augustus, aueeeeded him, duchesse, bruges point and the becom-1
marrying the Electress Sophia, dough- ing reualssance lace, are distinctly pep- i
ter of the Stag of Bohemia, whose alar, and the godet collars are newer 1
wife was the daughter of our James than the Oat type and can be worn in 1
L The Eleatress Sophia, grenddaugh- various styles. I
ter or James L, would have succeeded The favorite decoration for a lace
�meut
period the Dowager Duchess permit-
ted herself res entertaiu the hope that
her two grandchildren would thyro-
after became man and wife.
On February 25, 1831, when not
quite 12 pare oft age, she attended
her first drawing room, "Lady Jer-
sey," writers the amusing 3Tr.Grevflle,
" made a scene with Lard Durham,
She got up in a corner of the room
and said: 'Lord thirteen, I hear, that
you have said things about ire which
ire not true, and I desire that you
will call upon me to -morrow with a
witness to hear my positive denial,
Ind I hope that you will not repeat
such things about Inc. She was in
a furry, and he in a still greater. He
muttered thak he should never set
foot in hex house again which elle did
not hear, and, after -delivering herself
oaf bee seepoh slip flounced baok agate
tse her swat, mightily proud of her
exploit. It arose cub of her eayiag
that he should make Lady Durham de-
mand an audience of the Queen to con-
tradict elm things which Lady Jer-
sey said of her, and to other Whig
elites:' These ware days in which
pasty spirit ran high, and penetrated
the whole faterin of society in Eng-
land. Within two or three years of
this time Princess Viotaria bed taken
bar piece, in that society as the heiress
to the English throne.
%tore national purposes the Princess
completed her majority on the eigh-
teenth anniversary of her birth.
On June 2, nine days after this
event had taken plaice, the King was
desperately 1.11 and deed en June 20.
TILE CORONATION.
Thee King died ab 120 on the morn-
ing of ,lune 20, and the young Queen
met her Coisoll at Kensington Pal-
ace et 11 a.m, the same day. After
having received the two royal flukes,
the two Archbishops, the Chancellor
and the Prime Minister--Lurel Mel-
bourne -'the proclamation was read' to
the Council., the uauil order pawed,
,✓ Ji'. 1 tiJ
ALEXANDRIA QUEEN CONSORT O1 ENGLAND.
weeks before that monarch, and her fringed.
s•an, George I., ascended the throne. Huge single blossoms set In rosettes •
By way of James I, and his daughter of tulle or °biPron, are used, the colors
the Queen was connected with the reproduced fu long velvet or ribbon
Guelphs. She was also united in the streamers calling to the edge of the ,
same way to the Royal line of Scot- gown- I
lanai. James L, of Eileen,, and the The black lace robe, with applications
sixth or Scotland, was the son of of white lave disposed as a garniture,
Mary, Queenof Scats, whose lineage is quite the new Iden I'or this type of
gown and can be worn over black or
is traceable back to Elizabeth, Dun -white.
can, and Malcolm, of tragic fame, The Flat, abort halved furs are greatly to ;
Scotch line, the Norman; line, and the favor this season, and, as fur is new
IIaaoverian o" Guelph line, all unite used for coats, for turndown collars
in the Queen and Royal family, So and yokes, a busby or loug haired fur
does: the old British monarchy. It is would be impossible. Very narrow
claimed that one branch of the fain- bands of sable, mink and, of brown
Ily tree reaches to Alfred the Great skunk are used en handsome evening
gowns of velvet and sill[, and Oat rel -
and Egbent• The various races unit- tars and wide revers of ermine are poly
ed Gn the Queen made bar distinotiy `lar on long evening coats.
represeulative of the English of to-
day. New Year's Nuts and 1111551a.
----"'—e. The time honored dessert of nuts and
raisins can be varied a little In the
HOW IT IS DIVIDED. manner of serving. A fancy arrange-
Tire Anglo-Saxon knee 10111 Rainlnat
Hie World.
Tho great powers of the earth start
the new century with the world divid-
ed tie among them as follows:
Square miles. Population.
British. 12,151,000 400,000,1100
Busetan. . . h,8C0,315 1.10,0;,0,.00
American, . 3,706,521 10,0,10,000
French. . 3,008,755 95,000,5,00
German. . . 1,2.8,840 70,0,0,500
The British Empire and the Ameri-
can republic have between them 15,-
019,521 square mike e£ territory and
a populatien of 4110,000,000, three mil-
lion square miles more territory and.
double the population of the other
three great powers, The Anglo-Saxon
raoe 10 evidently going to dominate the
world this oentnry. And that is a decid-
oily fortunate thing for the world,
(YIi18 DEAD ROMANCE CtJRE.
Chronos--0lariesa, Shope you' won't
allow yourself to be deeply unhappy
over ilio breaking or our engagement.
Clariase—Oh, I won't ba unhappy,
Clarence ; I'm in auoil a serial rush l
Wtn'thave time.
NANCY Altri0AG10MILNT Or NUTS,. 5010.
mens from 'fable 'Palk is here shown
of nuts, raisins starred with blanched
almonds, rolled in sugar; chestnuts in
bur on top, and sultana raisins,
About dills.
Milk is said to be a perfect food, but
In no sense a beverage and should
never be used as such. For son* In-
valids It supplles alt that is necessary
for austenahce and in this respect dif-
fers troth beef tea, which does not
nourish, but only stimulates, although
many people still foster the delusion
that It affords both nutriment and
streugth. A very little Milk, if It Agrees
with the Individual, Is et more rani
value than a large quantity of beef tea.
Again, cocoa and chocolate, made. with
willt, form a eleh, hooey food, but nate
The French Legion of Honor Is tbe
biggest order of merit it numbers 55 -
000 members.
Of the 0.753 Finns who came to this
country In 1Rg0 only 17 were sent back,
only 02 were satiable to read and write,
end only 14 were said to be likely to
'-scone public charges.
i'he winner of the chief prize of
ee200.000 In the Parts exposition draw-
Inge Is a room laborer earu+ng a weekly
wage of 87.50. He ons three children
and an aged mother depending upon
111'u.
l'be train question In the United
States hes been a most serious one ev-
er since the introduction nP railroads..
it le estimated that or less then 10.000
are carried nightly en trains and that
10.000 mare are waiting to steal a ride
at the same time.
Phlloroeists are already noting that
the English langu'tge le to be enrtehed
by tbees new words as a direct result
of the South African war -namely,
"khaki," "kopje" and "e' mmnudeer"-
to envie or which future Iexlcograpbers
will give a distinctly. mending,
A young woman of Saco, tide. recent-
ly purchased a pretty bit of brie-a•brae
et a great bargain. Soon after the
whist club of whicb she Is a member
met at her home, end her chagrin could
hardly be lmeeined when she discover-
ed that the fortunate winder of this ate
tide was the very cleric who Hold it
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
All manures Per the garden should be
thoroughly rotted and lined before ap-
plying,
An nnfrultftn orchard may often be
brought Into hearing by a heavy' ate
plication of good stable manure.
In keeping onion sets through the
winter It sbotilti be remembered that a
cool, dry tempe't•eture ie ilio essential
tbing.
Every tree requires a certain 'lemma,
of space according to its kind You can
crowd only at the risk or getting re•
dieted crops.
The greatest stiegess is nttelnud by
keeping up a uniform growth with a.
proper balance between the wood' and
fruit growth.
it Is hearty nlwaye better economy
.to grub out nil trees that are stunted
and alclfly than It Is to try to restore
thorn to vlgov, Diseased wood neva
becomes sound. •
lit planning to phtu3,a wlndlirealt It
Its quite an ftetn to select troop of a
close growing erthit and of n„Q neerli1
perpetual foliage tie poeelble., 'then
by planting a double row of ittern the
effect desired zany be Noce/ed..-ore
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