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Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde. Mathilde was beautiful, and so she wanted to marry an aristocrat.

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Write what you think about the following thoughts and actions of Mathilde.

Mathilde was beautiful, and so she wanted to marry an aristocrat.

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Mathilde wished that her beauty would guarantee that she would marry a rich aristocrat.

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