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" I can hardly believe it, for the roads are horrible."
"Do hOt depend too much on that; but arrange evcrything,
or we will bave visitors before you are aware of if."
"Is that so ? :Pray tell me ai least whom you are expecting,
that I may mako my arrangements accordingly; for you certainly
must l#erceive, dear De Dressen, that then I would be more
casily able fo fulfil your wishes, than now, while you spcak in
riddles."
"If you talk reasonably, so that one can listen to you, I ara
by no means disinclined fo tell you the truth, that we may
cxpect shol#ly a visit from the chamberlain."
#ow )çadame de Dressen knew all that she wished to know;
and without entering into an explanation concerning the delicate
question, whether it w#ts right or wrong fo support De Goessc’s
suit, which would bave becn very foolish, she merely replied,
"#. shall take my mcasures in accordance with your informa-
tion."
And to the lieutenant-colonel this calm reply was as much a
subject for surprise, as she had fou##d in his communication.
Soon, however, the sharp-sightcd man, who, of course, could
hot be mistaken, thought : "Women will always be wonmn.
would hot give a fiuoEhing for a woman’s word. If is good that
one knows them, that he may act accordingly," etc., ctc.
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