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She conducted her scheme with deep dissi coed

the affections of the Marquis frooodness and

unimpassioned manners had ceased to please, when contrasted with the

captivations of the Italian, she proceeded to awaken in his er that of love, and even pointed

out to him the person, to whom she affirmed the Marchioness had

sacrificed her honour; but Laurentini had first extorted from him a

sole himself upon his rival This was

an important part of her plan, for she knew, that, if his desire of

vengeance was restrained towards one party, it would burn ht then, perhaps, be prevailed on to assist

in the horrible act, which would release hi her his wife

The innocent Marchioness, rief, the

alteration in her husband's htful

in her presence; his conduct was austere, and soether, to weep for his unkindness, and to

form plans for the recovery of his affection His conduct afflicted her

the more, because, in obedience to the coh her affections were engaged to another, whose

amiable disposition, she had reason to believe, would have ensured her

happiness This circumstance Laurentini had discovered, soon after her

arrival in France, and had ns