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Maria Vittoria stood with her brows drawn together in a frown "I will

not go," she said after a pause "Never was there so presuan ain

in the ret

that Maria Vittoria bore the traces of a restless night

"What should I say if I ith you?" she asked

"You would say why the King lingers in Spain"

Maria Vittoria gave a startled look at Wogan

"Do you knohy?"

"You told me yesterday"

"Not in words"

"There are other ways of speech"

That one s's delay was

her doing and a condition of their parting

"Hoill h I told it, help?" asked Mlle de Caprara

Wogan had no doubts upon that score The story of the Chevalier and

Maria Vittoria had a strong parallel in Clementina's own history

Circumstance and duty held thean hi Maria Vittoria's story, Clementina would hear

her own; she ard with