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O heavens ! what a fool I was . '' `` That does not prevent your being lame , '' said Monsieur Goulden ; `` but you tried to deceive the council , which was dishonest . But it is half-past nine , and Werner is come to tell me you must be there at ten o'clock . So , hurry . '' I had to go in that state ; the heat of the vinegar seemed bursting from my cheeks , and when I met Catharine and her mother , who were waiting for me at the town-house , they scarcely knew me . `` How happy and satisfied you look ! ''