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'I cannot doubt the truth of it,' replied the lady gravely, disgusted

by the abrupt contradiction she had received, concerning her opinion of

Valancourt's merit 'You will, perhaps, doubt it,' said Mada that I rejected his

suit' This was said without any intention of i it

conveyed, but si herself to be the most

important person in every affair that concerned her niece, and because

literally she had rejected Valancourt 'Your reasons are indeed such as

cannot be doubted,' replied the lady, with an ironical smile 'Any more

than the discernni, who

stood by the chair of Madaate to

herself, as he thought, a distinction which had been paid to her niece

'His discernnor,' said Madame Cheron,

as not flattered by what she understood to be an enco Madame Cheron with affected

ecstasy, 'how vain is that assertion, while that face--that shape--that

air--combine to refute it! Unhappy Valancourt! his discernment has been

his destruction' Emily looked surprised and embarrassed; the lady, who had lately