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OFF TO AMERICA. The chevalier paused with dramatic _empressement_ to enjoy the effect of his announcement. But the pale woman who was sitting before him made little sign of her emotions. With the tears still upon her cheeks, and hands clasped in her lap, she had gone a wild trip into fairyland, and its brilliant fantasies were whirling round her in all manner of rainbow tints presaging hopes of joy; and the little chevalier, glossy-bearded, pleased, and triumphant, seemed to dance round her in the many-tinted flare…