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ALL LV A GARDES I- AIR. 239<br />

CHAPTER XII.<br />

THE GRCAT COXSPIRACV.<br />

*Tkll <strong>in</strong>e, fatlier,' said Claire, ' uow tliat<br />

<strong>All</strong>en's education is complete, <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r part <strong>of</strong><br />

your great Conspiracy—tluit is, if I may be<br />

told/<br />

'You shall be told, my dauLditer.* Ilor<br />

fa<strong>the</strong>r assumed his most important manner.<br />

' When I <strong>in</strong>formed you, my child, that <strong>All</strong>en<br />

should be a poet, I meant more than what<br />

you understood. For such a poet as I<br />

designed <strong>the</strong>re is a broader future oikju, a<br />

more glorious ambition.'<br />

' Can <strong>the</strong>re be a more noble ambition than<br />

to become a poet?'<br />

'The greatest th<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> all, my daughter, is<br />

to lead <strong>the</strong> -world. There are no longer any

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