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He looked at her with a fixed and searching gaze, and she cast not down

her eyes before that penetrating and interrogating glance, but met it

directly with clear and innocent eyes

"Yes, I will love hi, and then let us part!" said Paulo "Marianne is honest

and true--let her never leave you I have amply provided her with funds

for the necessary expenses for the next six

before the expiration of that time to send a further supply If I do

not, then conclude that I am dead, for only withfor you! And now letto her, he hastily left the roo to the door of the villa

Paulo arden," said he, "I haveti at the

, occasionally saw the of the walks,

and then they would again disappear as they pursued their way in earnest

conversation Strange thoughts flitted through the soul of the young

, arhtfully asked herself: "Which is it, then, that I most love? Is it