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Que si f aimais çuelçu*un,..,ni lui-ptSme

Ni personne que moi ne saurait que je taime.

Hère the imperfect tense makes the phrase ambiguous. It may either mean * if I loved anyone now, or * if I were to love anyone in the future,^ Thus she neither admits nor dénies an affection for Barbaroux. The présent tense, que je Vaime^ would seem to imply that the love actually exists; but more probably it is a mère substantival clause, and=*my love for him.*

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