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heard inwhich used to hauntin French: "Pardon, pardon, j' etais si bien ingrate--Pardonnezyou have returned,--nothing matters any more," but I controlled

to her feet and stood back to look at lad, so glad," she said trereat day!"

"I thought that you had left ether" I was a little breathless,

"I was so very sad"

Now she looked down

"Nicholas," (how I loved to hear her pronounce reat generosity You had helped us

without ever telling ain to stop mine Oh! I am ashaive ive ive child Co over," and I sank into the sofa and she came beside me

She would not look at entle and

shy "I cannot understand though why you did all that I cannot

understand anything about it all--You do not love me--You only wanted

me for your secretary, and yet you paid over a hundred thousand francs!

The generosity is great"