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L’Abbe Constantin

CHAPTER VIII
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He would have courage; he would keep at a distance; he would lose himself in the crowd, would see Bettina less often and less familiarly.

To see her no more was a thought he could not support! He wished to remain Bettina's friend, since he could be nothing but her friend; for there was another thought which scarcely entered the mind of Jean.

This thought did not appear extravagant to him; it appeared monstrous.

In the whole world there was not a more honorable man than Jean, and he felt for Bettina's money horror, positively horror.
From the 25th of June the crowd had been in possession of Longueval.
Mrs.Norton arrived with her son, Daniel Norton; and Mrs.Turner with her son, Philip Turner.

Both of them, the young Philip and the young Daniel, formed a part of the famous brotherhood of the thirty-four.


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