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It was not difficult for Madame du Boccage to learn what she regarded as this new outrage on the part of her husband. The innocent chatter of the children themselves before their nurses, the nurses' repetition to Matilde and Matilde's instant bearing of the news to her mistress was the matter of an hour or so. "A visit to the dentist indeed! But first they had gone to the Rue du Harlay. "
The Duchess consulted with the Abbé Galle, with her lawyer, Maitre Cottin; although death was in her soul she was still resolved, for her children's sake, not to give in. What would their fate be if they fell powerless into the hands of this other woman?