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he had never slept during his
absence; she incessantly reproached herself for
wishing to possess greater wit than others; she

feared for Cheri's life more than her own.
"Ah! unfortunate being that I am," cried she,
sighing heavily, "why was I so conceited? was
it not sufficient that I could think and speak
well enough, not to do or say anything absurd?
I shall be well punished for my pride, if I lose
him I love. Alas!" continued she, "the gods,
displeased perhaps at my love for Cheri, will
take him from me by some tragical end."

There was no evil that her afflicted heart did
not imagine would befal him, when in the
middle of the night she heard such lovely
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