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THE COUNTERFEIT QUEEN.
Counterfeit _billets-doux_ having been palmed off on the infatuated cardinal as genuine with such complete success, the countess now ventures on a singularly bold step, nothing less than the personation of majesty itself, and actually succeeds in foisting upon the purblind prelate _une belle courtisane_ of the Palais Royal as the beautiful, high-born Marie-Antoinette.