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"But it is raining"

"Noback, or if she doesn't coo and see what has kept her You will be

er, irl went and got me a cloak, put it over my shoulders, and

offered to wake up Mme Arnould to see if a vehicle could be obtained;

but I would hear of nothing, convinced as I was that I should lose, in

a perhaps fruitless inquiry, more time than I should take to cover half

the road Besides, I felt the need of air and physical fatigue in order

to cool down the over-excitement which possessed me

I took the key of the flat in the Rue d'Antin, and after saying good-bye

to Nanine, who caan to run, but the earth was ued ed to

stop, and I was drenched with sweat I recovered ht was so dark that at every step I feared to dash ainst

one of the trees on the roadside, which rose up sharply beforeupon ons, which I soon left behind A carriage was

going at full gallop toward Bougival As it passed uerite was in it I stopped and cried out, "Marguerite!