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The American

CHAPTER XIV
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But he can come to me!" She pulled the bell, and in a few moments Mrs.Bread appeared, with a face of calm inquiry.
"Send for your brother," said the old lady.
But Newman felt an irresistible impulse to speak, and to speak in a certain way.

"Tell the marquis we want him," he said to Mrs.Bread, who quietly retired.
Young Madame de Bellegarde went to her sister-in-law and embraced her.
Then she turned to Newman, with an intense smile.

"She is charming.

I congratulate you." "I congratulate you, sir," said Madame de Bellegarde, with extreme solemnity.

"My daughter is an extraordinarily good woman.


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