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it seemed, entirely to her own satisfaction

This is what I was told on the subject In the spring of 1847 Marguerite

was so ill that the doctors ordered her to take the waters, and she went

to Bagneres Ahter of this duke; she

was not only suffering frouerite in appearance that theyduchess was in the last stage of consuuerite's arrival she died One neres to be near the soil that had buried a part of his

heart, caught sight of Marguerite at a turn of the road He see up to her, he took her hands,

e her who she was,

begged her to let hiuerite, alone at Bagneres with her ranted the duke's request Soneres, took upon themselves to explain

Mademoiselle Gautier's true position to the duke It was a blow to

the old hter was ended in one

direction, but it was too late She had become a necessity to his heart,

his only pretext, his only excuse, for living He ht to do so, but he asked her if she felt herself

capable of changing herher in return for the

sacrifice every compensation that she could desire She consented