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I.

“I never loved but one,” she said; “I loved him just for fun,” she said; And, saying this, she swung her head-- Had she been frank, they had been wed. I saw her at a ball that night, Her eyes so dark and face so white, Her tone and manner wild delight; I knew she served him not aright.