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to find you. Without me, you would both have died. May God accept my atonement of these two existences!"
Valentine seized the count's hand, and, in her irresistible impulse of joy, carried it to her lips.
"Oh! thank me again!" said the count; "tell me till you are weary that I have restored you to happiness; you do not know how much I require this assurance."
"Oh! yes, yes, I thank you with all my heart," said Valentine; and if you doubt the sincerity of my gratitude, oh, then, ask Haydée! ask my
