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Jeanne of the Marshes

CHAPTER IX
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Everything could be arranged there very easily.

I am quite well-known, and no questions would be asked." The Princess nodded thoughtfully.
"That might do," she admitted.
"Why not start at once ?" De Brensault suggested.

"There is nothing to be gained by waiting.

We might even leave to-morrow." The Princess shook her head.
"You are too impetuous, my dear Count," she said.
"But what is there to wait for ?" he demanded.
"I must see my lawyers first," she answered slowly, "and before I leave London I must pay some bills." The Count drew a cheque book from his pocket.
"I will keep my word," he said.

"I will pay you on account the amount we spoke of." The Princess opened her escritoire briskly.
"There is a pen and ink there," she said, "and blotting paper.


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