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`` You say you never found out the donor ? '' `` Never , '' said I , while a sense of shame prevented my adding what rose to my mind , -- Could they not be from Mademoiselle de Meudon ? `` Well , well , '' said he , at length , `` be it so . And now till to-morrow : I shall be here at noon , and bring the minister 's order with me . And so , good-by . '' `` Good-by , '' said I , as I stood overcome with happiness . `` Let what will come of it , this is a moment worth living for . ''