"But if he did not tell you, how shall I?"
"Is there anything one cannot tell to a friend?"
"Did he not tell you that this man whom I at first believed to be my father—?"
Gaston rose hastily, and met D'Argenson with a law officer.—Page [514.]
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"Believed!"
"Yes; I swear it, monsieur. Hearing his voice, feeling my hand pressed by his, I had at first no doubt, and it almost needed evidence to bring fear instead of the filial love with which he at first inspired me."
"I do not understand you, mademoiselle; how could you fear a man who—to judge by what you tell me—had so much affection for you?"