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"Who was she?"

"She was Madame."

"Madame! Roxhythe, you loved her?"

"I respected and admired her above all women. The other is your sweet self. If ever I love, or have loved a woman, you are she."

"How dear of you!" sighed my lady. "To how many women have you said that?"

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