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Rh and she also recalled having seen him lately in Paris so altered as to attract her attention, though only for the moment. Would it be possible to effect a reconciliation? At all events, she resolved to introduce the subject.

Little did she know how ever present it was to Francesca’s thoughts, still less the many difficulties which it involved; the difficulties, however, would have been an attraction:—the genius for intrigue needs a few obstacles to stimulate its powers.