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good reason to believe she did not.—Do not put racking thoughts into my head. What has tempted thee to tear open an ill-closed wound?

Pardon the pain I give. A strong sense of duty compels me.—You are confident, you say, and on good reasons, that she left no child behind her.

Would not that Italian adventurer have informed a wealthy father-in-law that a child was born, and had survived its mother? Would such a plea for worldly purposes have been neglected? No, there could be no child; and, thank Heaven, there was none!—What can have put such fancies into thy head?

I have seen a child to-day who strongly resembles my cousin.

Thou art too young to have any distinct recollection of her face.

Nay, but I have: it was so pleasant a face, and she was so good to me.

It was a pleasant face. If I could remember