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"MY dear Dorothea, surely you are not the one person in the Court who has failed to observe the King's state of mind. I thought you had better opportunities than any of us for knowing the truth."
Dorothea shrank back and trembled, lifting her eyes helplessly to the scornful face of the speaker.