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Ursula

CHAPTER VI
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"If that woman tells the truth about Ursula,--and none but Ursula can know the things that sorceress has told me,--I shall say that _you are right_.

I wish I had wings to fly to Nemours this minute and verify her words.

But I shall hire a carriage and start at ten o'clock to-night.

Ah! am I losing my senses ?" "What would you say if you knew of a life-long incurable disease healed in a moment; if you saw that great magnetizer bring sweat in torrents from an herpetic patient, or make a paralyzed woman walk ?" "Come and dine, Bouvard; stay with me till nine o'clock.

I must find some decisive, undeniable test!" "So be it, old comrade," answered the other.
The reconciled enemies dined in the Palais-Royal.


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