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458 ambition of his whole life, and also from the passion which he now had for his son. The change of name struck him with astonishment.

"After all," he thought, "I have got to the end of my romance, and I deserve all the credit. I have managed to win the love of that monster of pride," he added, looking at Mathilde. "Her father cannot live without her, nor she without me."