Flash rule: Maranas truly virtuous, she ought to have been habituated, little by little, to the world, or else to have been wholly withdrawn from it.

\"The day, to-morrow, will seem very long to me,\" she said, receiving his kisses on her forehead. \"But stay in the salon, and speak loud, that I may hear your voice; it fills my soul.\"

Montefiore, clever enough to imagine the girl\'s life, was all the more satisfied with himself for restraining his desires because he saw that it would lead to his greater contentment. He returned to his room without accident.

Ten days went by without any event occurring to trouble the peace and solitude of the house. Montefiore employed his Italian cajolery on old

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