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L'epoux retint cette lecon par cœur. / Onc il ne fut une plus forte dupe / Que ce vieillard, bon homme au demeurant. / LAFONTAINE. -- _Contes._
On returning to the hall, Meredith Vyner found a letter from Cecil. He retired into his study; for he was one of those who fancy that you cannot possibly read anything with attention elsewhere than in a study. Having deliberately adjusted his spectacles, and taken a liberal pinch, he began the perusal.