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Rh something in the conversation that seemed like the commencement of delirium.

"It shall be as you wish, madame," said Villefort; "more especially since your wishes coincide with mine; and as soon as M. d'Epinay arrives in Paris "

"My dear mother," interrupted Valentine, "consider decorum the recent death. You would not have me marry under such sad auspices?"

"My child," exclaimed the old lady, sharply, "let us hear none of those conventional objections that deter weak minds from arranging