against my will; she convinced me she no longer loved me, and I

was so thoroughly satisfied of it, that I was obliged to give her



no further uneasiness, but to let her be quiet. Some time after

she wrote me this letter which I have lost; I learned from it,



she had heard of the correspondence I had with the other woman I

told you of, and that that was the reason of her change. As I



had then nothing further left to divide me, the Queen was well

enough satisfied with me; but the sentiments I have for her not



being of a nature to render me incapable of other engagements,

and love not being a thing that depends on our will, I fell in



love with Madam de Martigues, of whom I was formerly a great

admirer, while she was with Villemontais, maid of honour to the



Queen-Dauphin; I have reason to believe she does not hate me; the

discretion I observe towards her, and which she does not wholly



know the reasons of, is very agreeable to her; the Queen has not

the least suspicion on her account, but she has another jealousy" target="_blank" title="n.妒忌；猜忌">jealousy



which is not less troublesome; as Madam de Martigues is

constantly with the Queen-Dauphin, I go there much oftener than



usual; the Queen imagines that 'tis this Princess I am in love

with; the Queen-Dauphin's rank, which is equal to her own, and



the superiority of her youth and beauty, create a jealousy" target="_blank" title="n.妒忌；猜忌">jealousy that

rises even to fury, and fills her with a hatred against her



daughter-in-law that cannot be concealed. The Cardinal of

Loraine, who, I believe has been long aspiring to the Queen's



favour, and would be glad to fill the place I possess, is, under

pretence of reconciling the two Queens, become master of the



differences between them; I doubt not but he has discovered the

true cause of the Queen's anger, and I believe he does me all



manner of ill offices, without letting her see that he designs

it. This is the condition my affairs are in at present; judge



what effect may be produced by the letter which I have lost, and

which I unfortunately put in my pocket with design to restore it



to Madam de Themines: if the Queen sees this letter, she will

know I have deceived her; and that almost at the very same time



that I deceived her for Madam de Themines, I deceived Madam de

Themines for another; judge what an idea this will give her of



me, and whether she will ever trust me again. If she does not

see the letter, what shall I say to her? She knows it has been



given to the Queen-Dauphin; she will think Chatelart knew that

Queen's hand, and that the letter is from her; she will fancy the



person of whom the letter expresses a jealousy" target="_blank" title="n.妒忌；猜忌">jealousy, is perhaps

herself; in short, there is nothing which she may not think, and



there is nothing which I ought not to fear from her thoughts; add

to this, that I am desperately in love with Madam de Martigues,



and that the Queen-Dauphin will certainly show her this letter,

which she will conclude to have been lately writ. Thus shall I



be equally embroiled both with the person I love most, and with

the person I have most cause to fear. Judge, after this, if I



have not reason to conjure you to say the letter is yours, and to

beg of you to get it out of the Queen-Dauphin's hands."



"I am very well satisfied," answered the Duke de Nemours,

"that one cannot be in a greater embarrassment than that you are



in, and it must be confessed you deserve it; I have been accused

of being inconstant in my amours, and of having had several



intrigues at the same time, but you out-go me so far, that I

should not so much as have dared to imagine what you have



undertaken; could you pretend to keep Madam de Themines, and be

at the same engaged with the Queen? did you hope to have an



engagement with the Queen, and be able to deceive her? she is

both an Italian and a Queen, and by consequence full of jealousy" target="_blank" title="n.妒忌；猜忌">jealousy,



suspicion, and pride. As soon as your good fortune, rather than

your good conduct, had set you at liberty from an engagement you



was entangled in, you involved yourself in new ones, and you

fancied that in the midst of the Court you could be in love with



Madam de Martigues without the Queen's perceiving it: you could

not have been too careful to take from her the shame of having



made the first advances; she has a violentpassion for you; you

have more discretion than to tell it me, and I than to ask you to



tell it; it is certain she is jealous of you, and has truth on

her side." "And does it belong to you," interrupted the



Viscount, "to load me with reprimands, and ought not your own

experience to make you indulgent to my faults?



However I grant I am to blame; but think, I conjure you, how to

• mistress [´mistris] n.女主人；情妇；女能手 (初中英语单词)


• intention [in´tenʃən] n.意图；打算；意义 (初中英语单词)


• curiosity [,kjuəri´ɔsiti] n.好奇；奇事；珍品 (初中英语单词)


• contrary [´kɔntrəri] a.相反的 n.相反 (初中英语单词)


• therefore [´ðeəfɔ:] ad.&conj.因此；所以 (初中英语单词)


• acknowledge [ək´nɔlidʒ] vt.(公开)承认；感谢 (初中英语单词)


• honourable [´ɔnərəbəl] a.荣誉的；正直的 (初中英语单词)


• oblige [ə´blaidʒ] vt.责成；迫使；使感激 (初中英语单词)


• conceal [kən´si:l] vt.藏；隐瞒 (初中英语单词)


• ignorant [´ignərənt] a.无知的，愚昧的 (初中英语单词)


• forgive [fə´giv] vt.原谅，谅解，宽恕 (初中英语单词)


• waiting [´weitiŋ] n.等候；伺候 (初中英语单词)


• resolution [,rezə´lu:ʃən] n.决心；坚决；果断 (初中英语单词)


• vanity [´væniti] n.虚荣；自负；空虚 (初中英语单词)


• extremely [ik´stri:mli] ad.极端地；非常地 (初中英语单词)


• engagement [in´geidʒmənt] n.婚约；雇用；受聘 (初中英语单词)


• expose [ik´spəuz] vt.揭露，暴露；陈列 (初中英语单词)


• nevertheless [,nevəðə´les] conj.&ad.然而；不过 (初中英语单词)


• willing [´wiliŋ] a.情愿的，乐意的 (初中英语单词)


• surprising [sə´praiziŋ] a.惊人的；意外的 (初中英语单词)


• gallery [´gæləri] n.画廊；美术馆；长廊 (初中英语单词)


• thoroughly [´θʌrəli] ad.完全地，彻底地 (初中英语单词)


• deserve [di´zə:v] v.应受；值得 (初中英语单词)


• majesty [´mædʒisti] n.壮丽；崇高；尊严 (初中英语单词)


• approve [ə´pru:v] v.赞成；同意；批准 (初中英语单词)


• application [,æpli´keiʃən] n.申请；申请书；应用 (初中英语单词)


• assistance [ə´sistəns] n.协作；援助；帮助 (初中英语单词)


• hatred [´heitrid] n.憎恨，敌意 (初中英语单词)


• meantime [´mi:ntaim] n.&ad.其间；同时 (初中英语单词)


• whereas [weər´æz] conj.鉴于；因此；而 (初中英语单词)


• affection [ə´fekʃən] n.友爱；慈爱 (初中英语单词)


• virtue [´və:tʃu:] n.美德；贞操；长处 (初中英语单词)


• formerly [´fɔ:məli] ad.从前，以前 (初中英语单词)


• agreeable [ə´gri:əbəl] a.适合的；符合的 (初中英语单词)


• suspicion [sə´spiʃən] n.怀(猜)疑；嫌疑 (初中英语单词)


• account [ə´kaunt] vi.说明 vt.认为 n.帐目 (初中英语单词)


• princess [,prin´ses] n.公主；王妃；亲王夫人 (初中英语单词)


• restore [ri´stɔ:] vt.(使)恢复；修复 (初中英语单词)


• lately [´leitli] ad.近来，不久前 (初中英语单词)


• equally [´i:kwəli] ad.相等地；平等地 (初中英语单词)


• pretend [pri´tend] v.假装；借口；妄求 (初中英语单词)


• deceive [di´si:v] vt.欺骗，欺诈 (初中英语单词)


• italian [i´tæliən] a.意大利 n.意大利人 (初中英语单词)


• consequence [´kɔnsikwəns] n.结果；后果；推断 (初中英语单词)


• violent [´vaiələnt] a.强暴的；猛烈的 (初中英语单词)


• passion [´pæʃən] n.激情；激怒；恋爱 (初中英语单词)


• jealous [´dʒeləs] a.妒忌的 (初中英语单词)


• earnestly [´ə:nistli] ad.认真地；急切地 (高中英语单词)


• probability [,prɔbə´biliti] n.或有；可能性 (高中英语单词)


• hereafter [hiər´ɑ:ftə] ad.&n.将来；来世 (高中英语单词)


• hazard [´hæzəd] n.危险 vt.冒…险 (高中英语单词)


• correspondence [,kɔri´spɔndəns] n.通信；符合；相当 (高中英语单词)


• sincerely [sin´siəli] ad.真诚地；诚恳地 (高中英语单词)


• confide [kən´faid] v.委托；吐露；信任 (高中英语单词)


• pleasing [´pli:ziŋ] a.使人愉快的；合意的 (高中英语单词)


• constable [´kʌnstəbəl] n.警察；警官 (高中英语单词)


• hitherto [,hiðə´tu:] ad.至今，迄今 (高中英语单词)


• discourse [´diskɔ:s] n.论文；演说；说教 (高中英语单词)


• inclination [,inkli´neiʃən] n.倾斜；爱好；天资 (高中英语单词)


• prudent [´pru:dənt] a.谨慎的；精明的 (高中英语单词)


• learned [´lə:nid] a.有学问的，博学的 (高中英语单词)


• jealousy [´dʒeləsi] n.妒忌；猜忌 (高中英语单词)


• cardinal [´kɑ:dinəl] a.主要的 n.深红色 (高中英语单词)


• unfortunately [ʌn´fɔ:tʃunitli] ad.不幸；不朽；可惜 (高中英语单词)


• desperately [´despəritli] ad.绝望地；拼命地 (高中英语单词)


• resolved [ri´zɔlvd] a.决心的；坚定的 (英语四级单词)


• amiable [´eimiəbəl] a.亲切的，温和的 (英语四级单词)


• secrecy [´si:krəsi] n.保密；秘密 (英语四级单词)


• intimacy [´intiməsi] n.亲密；熟悉；秘密 (英语四级单词)


• uneasiness [ʌn´i:zinis] n.不安，担忧；不自在 (英语四级单词)


• incapable [in´keipəbəl] a.无能力的；不能的 (英语四级单词)


• superiority [su:piəri´ɔriti, sju:-] n.优越，卓越 (英语四级单词)


• conjure [´kʌndʒə] v.祈求；召(鬼)；变魔术 (英语四级单词)


• embarrassment [im´bærəsmənt] n.窘迫；困惑；为难 (英语四级单词)


• discretion [di´skreʃən] n.谨慎；判断(力) (英语四级单词)


• respectful [ri´spektfəl] a.恭敬的；尊敬人的 (英语六级单词)