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Madame de la Verdeliere having failed to force an _entree_ as sick-nurse, returned after several days had elapsed, -- during the absence of Madame des Aubels, -- to ask Maurice d'Esparvieu for his subscription to the French churches. Arcade led her to the bedside of the convalescent. Maurice whispered in the angel's ear:
"Traitor, deliver me from this ogress immediately, or you will be answerable for the evil which will soon befall."