six
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How wickedly he looked at you when Maurice pictured how dear you were to him ! I noticed Cousin Tristan 's eyes , and they frightened me . He looked positively fiendish ; and when Maurice said '' -- To hear those precious words Maurice had spoken , -- those words which she could never more forget , -- repeated , was beyond Madeleine 's powers of endurance : she sprang up , exclaiming , `` Do not let us talk of these matters any more to-day , Bertha . It is growing late , -- almost six o'clock . It is time for you to dress for dinner . And you have not forgotten the ball to-night ? '' `` I could not bear to go now .