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The porter had received nothing, but I still hoped in uerite had been going to answer an to regret the ter, and that would undoubtedly have aroused her

suspicions, for, finding that I did not keep my appointment, she would

have inquired the reason of my absence, and only then I should have

given it to her Thus, she would have had to exculpate herself, and what

I wanted was for her to exculpate herself I already realized that I

should have believed whatever reasons she had given ain

At last I began to believe that she would come to see me herself; but

hour followed hour, and she did not couerite was not like other women, for there are feould have received such a letter as I had just written without

answering it at all

At five, I hastened to the Chaht,

"I will put on an indifferent air, and she will be convinced that I no

longer think about her"

As I turned the corner of the Rue Royale, I saw her pass in her

carriage Thewas so sudden that I turned pale I do not know if

she sawbut