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FIDELIA

But, madam, what could make you dissemble love to him, when *twas 50 hard a thing for you, and flatter his love to you ?

OLIVIA

That which makcs ail the world flatter and dîsscmble. Twas his money; 1 had a real passion for it.

.... As soon as I had his money, I hastened his departure like a W'ife, who, when she bas made the most of a dying husband^s brealh, pulls away his pillow. (Acte IV, scène i.)

G*, tte dernicre phrase est d'un satirique morose plutôt que d'un »bservateur exact.

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