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"Armand," she called to him, in a voice which must have stabbed him, if

he was huain Then she

rose and tottered towards hi

his arm, "look at our child What does it ers from about his arm and thrust

the hand away froly

"It htly, "that the child is not white; it means

that you are not white"

A quick conception of all that this accusation e to deny it "It is a lie; it is not true, I aray, Ar his wrist "Look at hed hysterically

"As white as La Blanche's," he returned cruelly; and went away leaving

her alone with their child

When she could hold a pen in her hand, she sent a despairing letter to

Madame Valmonde

"My mother, they tell me I am not white Armand has told me I am not

white For God's sake tell them it is not true You must know it is not

true I shall die I must die I cannot be so unhappy, and live"