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If Martial had faithfully reported to Mlle. Blanche all that he heard in the Marquis de Courtornieu's cabinet, he would probably have astonished her a little.
He, himself, if he had sincerely confessed his impressions and his reflections, would have been obliged to admit that he was greatly amazed.