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"Indeed? Pray tell lars dined withhim, my mother and I left town"

"But he met here M Andrea Cavalcanti"

"Your Italian prince?"

"Not so fast; M Andrea only calls himself count"

"Calls himself, do you say?"

"Yes, calls himself"

"Is he not a count?"

"What can I know of hiive him the sae lars dined here?"

"Yes, with Count Cavalcanti, the lars, M and Mada people,--M Debray, Maximilian Morrel, and M de Chateau-Renaud"

"Did they speak of ht you wished theet you?"

"If they did not speak of ht about me, and I am in despair"