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Immediately on reaching home that night, Marmaduke sat down to read the pages of Petrarch, which had been so significantly marked for him. As he found the passages before quoted, his attention became excessively eager; and having read them with curious emotion, he re-read them with intense care, weighing every line, and interpreting them to the fullest extent.
He let the book fall upon the table, and throwing himself back in his arm chair, allowed the current of his thoughts to take their flattering course.