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The lines to the katydid, with "L'Inconnue" "Is thy name Mary, maiden fair?" published in the magazine at about the same time, disclose Holmes's natural melody and his fine instinct for literary form.
She was of noble birth, and from an early age had been eminently unhappy. Cavour, in his private papers, called her "L'Inconnue," and so she will be remembered.
The usual lists of distinguished strangers, wandering English story-tellers in search of material for a new "shilling shocker," artists suing to paint her or "Mademoiselle l'Inconnue," crept from time to time into the genial social column of the newspaper. Stuart spent the evenings in state on a couch at the head of the drawing- room, where he usually remained until the guests departed.
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