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She inquired his name, and learned that Captain de Rocca was an officer in the army of Napoleon; that he was without influence or fortune, but well born, gifted with indomitable courage, possessing talents of a high order, and occasionally giving evidences of a character deeply tinged with that romance which, in earlier times, would have made him a '^ preux chevalier." But she had no opportunity of testing the truth of these things, for he studiously avoided a presen- 92 Corinna. tation to the ...literary star, and seemed content to while away the hours in the merry dance or the gay gossip of the fair and young. Toward the close of the evening, accident brought Corinna almost beside the young soldier, although the heavy folds of some ornamental drapery pre- vented him from discovering her proximity. A friend with whom he was conversing was pouring forth a glowing eulogium upon her talents, and with an interest for which she could not account. The lady half paused to catch De Rocca's reply.
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