Word: postal
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Dates: during 1874-1874
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LAST Monday morning, as I was reclining on my lounge, carefully preparing some work for the next hour's recitation, I heard some one coming up stairs, and presently a postal card was thrust under my door. Alas! as I had feared, it was an invitation to come to the Dean's daily reception. After perusing it for a few moments, I determined to put off my visit till the afternoon. At five o'clock, on arriving at the Dean's office, to my astonishment, I found no one there. There I was, all alone, in the Secretary's room...