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However, if she did not succeed in forgetting, she contrived at

least to think less frequently of him; and in this she would have

been more successful, had she been left to prosecute the work

alone; but, alas! Donna Prassede, who, on her part, was

determined to drive the poor youth from her mind, thought there

was no better expedient for the purpose than to talk of him

incessantly; "Well," said she, "do you still think of him?"

"I think of no one," said Lucy.