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But strong is fate, O Love, / Who makes, who mars, who ends.
Désirée was telling Mathilde the brief news of her futile journey, when a knock at the front door made them turn from the stairs where they were standing. It was Sebastian's knock. His hours had been less regular of late. He came and went without explanation.