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Rh "Yes; a paleness that suits you admirably, mother, but which did not the less alarm my father and myself!"

"Did your father speak of it?" inquired Mercédès, eagerly.

"No, madame; but do you not remember that he remarked the fact to you?"

"Yes, I do remember!" replied the countess.

A servant entered, summoned by Albert's ring of the bell.

"Take these flowers. into the anteroom or dressing-room," said the viscount; "they make the countess unwell."