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"No"

"Madan was repeated "Are you displeased with ain closed his eyes "And what have I done, dear grandpapa, that you should be angry with me?" cried Valentine

There was no answer, and she continued "I have not seen you all day Has any one been speaking to you against erness

"Let randpapa--Ah--M and Madame de Villefort have just left this room, have they not?"

"Yes"

"And it was they who told you soo and ask the my peace with you?"

"No, no," said Noirtier's look

"Ah, you frighten ain tried to think what it could be

"Ah, I know," said she, lowering her voice and going close to the old e,--have they not?"

"Yes," replied the angry look

"I understand; you are displeased at the silence I have preserved on the subject The reason of it was, that they had insisted on edof it They did not even acquaint me with their intentions, and I only discovered them by chance, that is why I have been so reserved with you, dear grandpapa Pray forgive me" But there was no look calculated to reassure her; all it seemed to say was, "It is not only your reserve which afflicts irl "Perhaps you think I shall abandon you, dear grandpapa, and that I shall forget you when I am married?"

"No"

"They told you, then, that M d'Epinay consented to our all living together?"

"Yes"

"Then why are you still vexed and grieved?" The old entle affection "Yes, I understand," said Valentine; "it is because you love me" The old man assented "And you are afraid I shall be unhappy?"

"Yes"

"You do not like M Franz?" The eyes repeated several tiement?"