I, who write this, am a dead man. Dead legally -- dead by absolute proofs -- dead and buried! Ask for me in my native city and they will tell you I was one of the victims of the cholera that ravaged Naples in 1884, and that my mortal remains lie moldering in the funeral vault of my ancestors. Yet -- I live! I feel the warm blood coursing through my veins -- the blood of thirty summers -- the prime of early manhood invigorates me, and makes these eyes of mine keen and bright -- these muscles strong as iron -- this hand powerful of grip -- this well-knit form erect and proud of bearing. Yes! -- I am alive, though declared to be dead; alive in the fullness of manly force -- and even sorrow has left few distinguishing marks upon me, save one. My hair, once ebony-black, is white as a wreath of Alpine snow, though its clustering curls are thick as ever. A constitutional inheritance? asks one physician, observing my frosted locks. A sudden shock? suggests another. Exposure to intense heat? hints a third

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