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Debray. Then, thoughtful, she began to caress the little spaniel. Lucien looked at her for a moment in silence.
"Come, Hermine," he said, after a short time, "answer candidly,—something vexes you, is it not so?"
Louise d'Armilly.
"Nothing," answered the baroness.
And yet, as she could scarcely breathe, she rose and went toward a looking-glass. "I am frightful to-night," she said. Debray rose, smiling, and was about to contradict the baroness upon this latter point, when the door opened suddenly. M. Danglars appeared; Debray
