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Rh "I do not expect you to comprehend my motives." "I am glad," said Henrietta, quietly, "that you do not expect impossibilities!" "Oh, no!" said he, with a most imperturbable air, "I always make allowance for feminine weakness; I do not expect your mind to follow mine!" "Now, the Fates forbid that it should!" thought Henrietta. "I am aware," Lord Marchmont proceeded to say, "of my own political importance, and I have been wrong in allowing my personal feeling to the prince to bias my conduct; but every day shows more the weakness of Frederick's character. I cannot serve him and my country; I shall, therefore, go to Sir Robert's fête!" "A most proper and patriotic resolve!" replied the countess: "I only see one objection" "Oh, you find some objection to any thing that I propose!" interrupted her husband: