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Ursula

CHAPTER XVIII
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A TWO-FOLD VENGEANCE.
Impunity, secrecy, and success increased Goupil's audacity.

He made Massin, who was completely his dupe, sue the Marquis du Rouvre for his notes, so as to force him to sell the remainder of his property to Minoret.

Thus prepared, he opened negotiations for a practice at Sens, and then resolved to strike a last blow to obtain Ursula.

He meant to imitate certain young men in Paris who owed their wives and their fortunes to abduction.


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