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Veranilda

CHAPTER XX
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Little by little, I learnt how far he had gone in treachery.

He had discovered where you were, but no longer desired to release you that you might become his wife.

To satisfy the jealousy of Heliodora, and at the same time to please the Greek commander in Rome, he plotted to convey you to Constantinople.

I having discovered this plot, found a way to defeat it.

You escaped but narrowly.


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