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"That means, Agatha, till the right lover comes."
"No, Marie; but till these wars are over. Not that I could ever love
Adolphe Denot; but now, at present, methinks love should be banished
from the country, and not allowed to return till the King is on his
throne again."
"Well, Agatha, I don't know. That would be somewhat hard upon us poor
girls, whose lovers are more to our taste, than M. Denot is to yours.
I know not that our knights will fight the worse for a few stray smiles,
though the times be so frightful."
"Do you smile on yours then, Marie; and I will smile to see you happy.
But tell me, dearest, what shall I say to Adolphe? You would not have
me give him hope, when I feel I can never love him?"
"God forbid!--why should you? But has he never spoken to Henri on the
subject, or to the Marquis?"
"Never a word. I'm sure he never spoke of it to my father, and Henri
told me that he had never said a word to him."
"Then you have spoken to your brother on the subject? And what did he
say?"
"He said just what a dear, good brother should have said.


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