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Rh "A splendid match for our pretty cousin! Well, she is a sweet creature; and I rejoice in her good fortune."

"You do?" exclaimed Marie, her cheek flushing with anger; "very kind, very sisterly, indeed! No consideration for my interest!"

"How does it affect you, but advantageously?—such an alliance is an honour to our whole family."

"Surely I am as well fitted to be Princesse de Conti as my cousin?"

"And the gentleman's choice is to go for nothing? You remember the Prince always greatly admired Mademoiselle Martinozzi."

"The Cardinal has taught you your lesson:—I meet with the same unkindness from you all; but if he does not attend to my interest from affection, he may from weariness of my complaints, and of them I promise him the full benefit."

"For shame, Marie!—think how very kind he is to us!"

"To you, I presume you mean."

"For pity's sake, let us drop the subject; and do tell us all about the quarrel between the King and the Duke of Anjou."

"I have nothing to tell, but that it is