twelve
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` I say it means nothing . Now I 'll tell you what I shall do , Marie . I shall start for Basle directly . I shall get there by twelve o'clock to-night by going through Colmar , and I shall endeavour to intercept the letter before Urmand would receive it to-morrow . ' This was a cruel blow to Marie after all her precautions . ` If I can not do that , I shall at any rate see him before he gets it . That is what I shall do ; and you must let me tell him , Marie , that you repent having written the letter . '