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A day or two before the revolt of St. Florent, they were sitting
together in the drawing-room; it was late in the evening, the old
Marquis had retired for the night, and Marie de Lescure was engaged
elsewhere, so that Agatha and her brother were left alone together. He
was reading, but she was sitting gazing at the fire. She could hardly
summon up courage to say, even to her dear brother, what she wished to
say.
"Henri," she said at last, "does Adolphe return here from Fleury?"
(Fleury was the name of Denot's house).
"I hope he will," said Henri; "but what makes you ask? the place is dull
without him, isn't it?"
"Dull! you don't find Marie dull, do you, Henri?"
"Oh, Marie!" said he, laughing, "Marie amuses our father, and she charms
me; but. you might find the house dull, in spite of Marie--eh, Agatha?"
"Indeed no, Henri; the house was not dull even when you were in Paris,
and Marie was at Clisson, and papa and I were alone together here; it
was not my being dull made me ask whether Adolphe was to return.


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