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"Don't tell her I love her, Duchesse," I pleaded "We have much to learn

of each other If she did not believe it was a bargain equal on both

sides, she would not reed about this

"Whatever she has promised she will perform, but why she does not love

thee already I cannot tell"

"She dislikes ht,

but I shall not be in the future, and then perhaps she will change"

When I left the Hotel de Courville it had been arranged that the

Duchesse would receivethat

I had lish "Miss Sharp"

I heard no , when she telephoned

Did I wish her to come that day?

Burton answered that I hoped she would, about eleven o'clock

I intended to tell her that I thought that it ain until the wedding, as once ere engaged I would

not allow her to run the risk ofa false