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190 tell you what, madam, all the town shall know of your infamous conduct; and you shall pass the rest of your life in a farm-house in the country." "Ah! any miserable place," murmured Henrietta, "so that it be but solitude." "Where you could receive Sir George Kingston: but I will take care to prevent that," interrupted he. "I overheard all your conversation to-night." "If you overheard our conversation," exclaimed Lady Marchmont, "you overheard also my remorse. You know that, though imprudent, I am not guilty; and that I was myself about to break off a correspondence, whose fault, whose folly, none could feel more bitterly than I did myself." "I heard all you said about me," interrupted Lord Marchmont, not the least attending to what she was saying. "I never knew such ingratitude! Look at your house, at your carriage; there was nothing in the world that you wanted." "Yes," said Henrietta, "what you never