turns she came up to me, and bid me follow her; `I would speak with you,' says she, `and by what I ...
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draw me out of this difficulty"; "I think you must go to the Queen-Dauphin as soon as she is awake,...
authoritative a manner, that he durst not disobey her; that he gained her in a manner as soon as he...
what can she imagine? She will think, and not without reason, that this letter concerns myself, and...
I am very glad; I love enemies, though not in the Christian sense. They amuse me, stir my blood. T...
You only show me a sort of civility which is far from giving me satisfaction; you express none of t...
male mind; it is difficult to convince a woman of anything; they have to be led into convincing th...
such to many others?" " 'Tis certain," answered Madam de Chartres," it was neither the merit nor th...
"That's a new idea! It is true I did run after Princess Mary a little, but I left off at once be- ...
circumstances I am ignorant of." The Duke de Nemours' passion for Madam de Cleves was at first so ...
Queen-Dauphin so often, in order to avoid involving yourself in adventures of gallantry." The Prin...
when word was brought that she was indisposed, and that the King would not come. It was easy to see...
"She?" he answered, raising his eyes heaven- ward and smiling complacently. "I am sorry for you, P...
presented himself to me in the full splendour of the uniform of the Line infantry. Attached to his...
in me anew with all her former unconcern, and I will not deceive her: she is the only woman in the ...