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"When my father learned of my sad condition he was terribly upset.
When the fortune-teller's answer was brought to my father, he gave up hope, and so did I, for no one understood the meaning of such a senseless riddle.
The thing seemed absurd, and I soon gave up trying to study it out.
If this Mr. Black Heart doesn't agree to a fair proposal he shall have a black eye to remember his visit by."