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Marquise of O-

• The Marquise places an ad in the newspaper asking the father of her baby to come forward.

• The Marquise has two children from a previous marriage. She is well-bred.

• The reader learns that after the death of her husband, she moved in with her parents.

• A war breaks out and the family house is attacked.

• The Marquise is attacked, but Count F chases the men away. The Marquise faints.

• The Marquise's family hears that the Count has been killed.

• The Marquise starts to experience the same symptoms that she did with her second daughter.

• The Count turns out to be alive, and he proposes to the Marquise.

• The Marquise considers the proposal.

• The Count shares a story of a vision he saw of the Marquise while he was recovering from his illness.

• The Marquise learns that she is pregnant. Her father forces her to leave...

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