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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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Yet
the
sorters
of
the
present
age,
forming
a
very
large
body,
are
ever
engaged
in
doing
an
important
and
by
no
means
simple
duty.
As
letters
arrive
in
the
morning,
and
are
handed
in
at
the
breakfast-table,
speculation
arises
as
to
their
origin;
a
well-known
hand
is
recognised,
interest
is
excited
by
the
contents,
or
the
well-springs
of
emotion
are
opened--joy
is
brought
with
the
silvered
note,
or
sorrow
with
the
black
insignia
of
death;
and
thus,
absorbed
in
the
matter
of
the
letters
themselves,
no
passing
thought
is
spared
to
the
operators
whose
diligent
hands
have
given
them
wings
or
directed
their
line
of
flight.
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