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> 宛名も差出人の名前もない紫の封筒があるわあるわ、ざっと目算して三百通は下るまい。  
>  呪、もしくは念が宿るのかもしれない。  
>  何の意味もなく、それらが有象無象の雑多な願いにすぎなくて、そして、 **ここまで蒐集されてなお人目につく事がなければ、さぞ無念が生じるだろう。**
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> According to my calculations there could not be less than 300 purple letters
> with no address and without the name of the sender.  
>  Curses, or maybe they contain hope.  
>  Without any meaning, those are people wishes and nothing more, moreover to
> be collected to this degree and the **fact that they might not come to bee
> seen, I am sure there will be many regrets.**

What does that bold sentence mean?

The fantraslation goes something like this:

> Should they ever be brought to light they would produce many regrets.

ここまで蒐集されて=Be collected up to this degree  
なお=In addition to that  
人目につく=Come to light  
事がなければ=This situation does not happen (conditional)  
さぞ=I am sure  
無念=regrets  
が生じるだろう=Will probably arise

Edit: 人目につく=Be visible, Be under public view.

So

> If they are not visible, it will bring regrets.

Still it is differend from the fantranslation.
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事がなければ meaning in this sentence
Have you checked the links given by broccoli forest? Then think of this こと as
_occasion_ or _chance_.

  * 人目に付くことがなければ ≒ if there is no chance to be seen ...

Here's my best translation attempt:

> ここまで蒐集されてなお人目につく事がなければ、さぞ無念が生じるだろう。  
>  Having been collected to this degree, yet having no chance to be seen, they
> (=the envelopes) are sure to hold a deep grudge.

So the author is thinking those mysterious unread letters are almost becoming
like vengeful ghosts, because their innate desire as a letter has never been
fulfilled.
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