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hus passed the early infancy of these
royal children. The Corsair and his wife were
so passionately fond of them that they lavished
upon them every attention. The man had been
well educated. It was less from inclination
than the caprice of fortune that he had
become a Corsair. He had married Corsine
when she was in the service of a Princess, in
whose court she had happily cultivated her
natural talents. She had excellent manners,
and though she resided in a sort of wilderness,
where she and her husband subsisted only on
the plunder he brought home from his cruises,
she had not forgotten the usages of polite
society.They were highly delighted at being _
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