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The Dream

CHAPTER X
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He has millions and millions!" Hubertine turned very pale as she listened.
"You must have heard his history spoken of ?" continued the beggar-woman.
"His mother died soon after his birth, and it was on that account that Monseigneur concluded to become a clergyman.

Now, however, after all these years, he sent for his son to join him.

He is, in fact, Felicien VII d'Hautecoeur, with a title as if he were a real prince." Then Hubertine was intensely grieved.

But Angelique beamed with joy before the commencement of the realisation of her dream.

She was not in the slightest degree astonished, for she had always known that he would be the richest, the noblest, and the handsomest of men.


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