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"That is just what I was thinking of," replied Agnes. "Yes, I

will do it certainly. Poor youth! And why did you think I was so

pleased with the money, if it were not--but-I came here well

pleased,'tis true; but, since matters are so, I will send it to

him. Poor youth! he also--I know what I mean. Certainly money

gives pleasure to those who have need of it; but this money-Ah!

it is not this that will make him prosper."

Lucy returned thanks to her mother for her prompt and liberal

accordance with her request, so fervently, that an observer would

have imagined her heart to be still devoted to Renzo, more than

she herself was aware of.

"And without thee, what shall I do-I, thy poor mother?" said

Agnes, weeping in her turn.