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Lucidor.

“I do not understand Lucinda.”

Julia.

“You  mean  to  say,  This  pure  soul,  this  quiet,  composed  being;  goodness,

benevolence personified; this woman as she ought to be, associating herself with

a  frivolous  company  —  with  an  inconsiderate  sister,  a  spoiled  youngster,  and

certain other mysterious persons — that remains incomprehensible.”

Lucidor.

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“Yes, it is indeed incomprehensible.”

Julia.

“Well, then, comprehend it. Lucinda’s hands, like those of all of us, were tied.

If  you  had  been  able  to  observe  her  embarrassment,  and  how  she  could  hardly

restrain herself from revealing everything to you, you would love her doubly and

trebly,  if  every  true  love  were  not  on  its  own  account  ten  and  hundred-fold.

Besides, I assure you the joke in the end became tedious to all of us.”