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I wrote to Prudence to say that I accepted the proposition of the Comte

de N, and that she was to tell him that I would sup with her and hi him what it contained, asked

your father to have it forwarded to its address on reaching Paris

He inquired of me what it contained

"Your son's welfare," I answered

Your father erateful tears on my

forehead, like the baptism of ive ht of what I was redee by this new fault

It was quite natural, Armand You told me that your father was the most

honest e, and set out for Paris

I was only a wo,

but I did not give way