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CHAP. VII.

Ah, then
Be greatly cautious of your sliding heart;
Dare not th' infectious sigh, the pleading look,
Downcast and low, in meek submission dressed;
———————let not the fervent tongue,
———————with adulation smooth,

Gain on your purpos'd will.
Thomson.

The next morning at breakfast, Mademoiselle Chatteneuf rallied Madeline about the sudden conquest she had made of de Sevignie. Madeline said she had known him before; and then mentioned the accident which had introduced him to her acquaintance.