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that he be spared, leaving the earrings as an offering. She races to the location of the duel and is approaching just as André, as the offended party, takes the first shot. When she does not hear a second shot, Louise slumps against a tree, and her maid runs for help, screaming, "She's dying!" The
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history. He then instructs Donati to sell them back to Rémy, so he can buy them—again—and give them back to Louise. Before departing, Donati informs Louise he can no longer see her and expresses his pain at learning of her lies about the earrings.
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