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without a man, she could find no argument against it. She therefore gave her motherly consent, there being no prince or count at hand; and, besides, it was evident that the secret treaties of the contracting parties were all but agreed to.

The handsome Fred embraced his bride; and the marriage was happily solemnized, without any further interference on the part of the spectral nun.