SCENE IV

Charlotte says good-hye to Madame de BrettevUhi who thanks and blesses heTt andgives her directions as to her joumey.

L 1607. que me laissa mon frère. Madame de Bretteville was only a cousin of the Cordays. Perhaps Ponsard did not know this ; but in any case it did not matter to himi and mère ^wà. frère rhyme con- ^eniently.

L 1520. je r^ y puis tenir ^ 'I cannot bear it.'

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L 1S8S. Vos bontés me font mal^ *your kindness grieves me.*

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