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He laid his hand on her arm, and gave her a penetrating look, beneath which she instantly quailed. The doctor's suspicions were correct. A dreadful idea had flashed across Mme. de la Verberie's mind the idea of destroying this child which would be a living proof of Valentine's sin. Feeling that her evil intention was divined, the proud woman's eyes fell beneath the doctor's obstinate gaze.
Raget?" she asked, haughtily. "Yes, madame; I have done. My only object was to spare you eternal remorse. Good-day." The good doctor was mistaken in his idea of Mme. de la Verberie's character. She was utterly incapable of feeling remorse; but she suffered cruelly when her selfish vanity was wounded, or her comfort disturbed.
After reading a detailed account of events entirely uninteresting to him, Louis came to the following passage relating to Valentine: "Mlle. de la Verberie's husband is an eminent banker named Andre Fauvel. I have not the honor of his acquaintance, but I intend going to see him shortly. I am anxious to submit to him a project that I have conceived for the benefit of this part of the country.
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