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Although the soul of the, now known, Princess was highly

developed it could find but few responsive echoes from the

dormant spiritual organs of the brain. These she must arouse to

sensitiveness and action. It was this that gave rise to the

peculiar ideas, expressed in her conversation, that so mystified

her friends. Visitors soon began to pour in upon her

congratulations, presents and invitations to once again enter the

gilded salons of fashion and the round of amusements that are the

daily life of a favorite Princess. To all she gave a modest,

quiet reply, neither accepting nor rejecting their attentions,

which left them in wondering doubt at times of her sanity.