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`` Ah ! '' replied she , with a sigh , `` then he did not deceive me . '' Then , as Bussy hesitated to open the letter -- `` Read , '' said she , `` chance has initiated you into the most secret history of my life , and I wish to keep nothing from you . '' Bussy obeyed and read -- `` An unhappy prince , whom your divine beauty has struck to the heart , will come at ten o'clock to-night to apologize for his conduct towards you -- conduct which he himself feels has no other excuse than the invincible love he entertains for you . `` FRANÇOIS . '' `` Then this letter was really from the duke ? '' asked Diana .