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ck of his bedroom door, Napoleon the First crowning himself emperor while adisconsolate pope looked on. He completed the circle and kept going, now a little faster, now slowing oncemore. You have everything you want, everythingmoney can buy. The steps were narrow, and worn into a smooth hollow in the middle by generationsof monkish feet, all those who had descended to

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