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I told Mons-r d'Archiac that you had spoken to me of your affair with
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301:'s where I sought you everywhere to tell you that I have just spoken to Mons-r d'Archiac. Not finding you, I supposed that you had left, and as a visit at this hour could awaken the suspicions of Madame your wife, I prefer to address these lines to you.
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