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THE WINGS OF ICARUS
BEING
THE LIFE OF ONE EMILIA FLETCHER

AS REVEALED BY HERSELF IN
I. THIRTY-FIVE LETTERS
WRITTEN TO CONSTANCE NORRIS BETWEEN JULY 18TH, 188-,
AND MARCH 26TH OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR
II. A FRAGMENTARY JOURNAL
III. A POSTSCRIPT

BY

LAURENCE ALMA TADEMA

New York
MACMILLAN AND COMPANY
AND LONDON
1894


THE WINGS OF ICARUS.


THE LETTERS.


LETTER I.

FLETCHER'S HALL, GRAYSMILL,
July 18th.
_Dear and Beloved Constance_,--What shall I say to you? Here I sit,
in a strange room, in a strange land,--and my life lies behind me.
It is close upon midnight, and very dark. I can see nothing out of
window. The air is hot and heavy, the moths flutter round my candle;
I cannot save them all. I am trying to write you a letter--do you
understand? Oh, but I have no thoughts, only visions! Three there
are that rise before me, sometimes separately, sometimes all
together.
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