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'We then got my lord out of the room; he went into his library, and

threw himself on the floor, and there he staid, and would hear no

reason, that was talked to him When my lady recovered, she enquired

for hirief, and

desired ould let her die quietly She died in my arms, ma'amselle,

and she went off as peacefully as a child, for all the violence of her

disorder was passed' Dorothee paused, and wept, and Eoodness of the late Marchioness, and by the meek

patience, hich she had suffered

'When the doctor came,' resureatly shocked to see her, for soon after her death a

frightful blackness spread all over her face When he had sent the

attendants out of the room, he asked me several odd questions about the

Marchioness, particularly concerning the manner, in which she had been

seized, and he often shook his head at my answers, and seemed to mean

more, than he chose to say But I understood him too well However, I

kept my remarks to myself, and only told theue

Some of the other servants, however, suspected what

I did, and strange reports hispered about the neighbourhood, but