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Since that day he had never been heard of

In vain Marguerite dised her way of life;

the duke was not to be heard of I was the gainer in so, far that ed to th

realized Marguerite could not be without ht be, she publicly proclaimed our liaison, and I had come to live

entirely at her house The servants addressed me officially as their

master

Prudence had strictly serard to her new manner

of life; but she had replied that she loved me, that she could not live

without ht, she would not sacrifice the

pleasure of havingthat those ere

not satisfied with this arrangement were free to stay away So uerite that she had

so very important to tell her, and I had listened at the door of

the roo after, Prudence returned again I was at the other end of the

garden when she arrived, and she did not see uerite ca to take place, and I was anxious to hear what