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To Paris and Prison — Convent Affairs Chapter XVI
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Countess Coronini — A Lover’s Pique1 — Reconciliation2 — The First Meeting — A Philosophical3 Parenthesis4
My beautiful nun5 had not spoken to me, and I was glad of it, for I was so astonished, so completely under the spell of her beauty, that I might have given her a very poor opinion of my intelligence by the rambling7 answers which I should very likely have given to her questions. I knew her to be certain that she had not to fear the humiliation8 of a refusal from me, but I admired her courage in running the risk of it in her position. I could hardly understand her boldness, and I could not conceive how she contrived9 to enjoy so much liberty. A casino at Muran! the possibility of going to Venice to sup with a young man! It was all very surprising, and I decided10 in my own mind that she had an acknowledged lover whose pleasure it was to make her happy by satisfying her caprices. It is true that such a thought was rather unpleasant to my pride, but there was too much piquancy11 in the adventure, the heroine of it was too attractive, for me to be stopped by any considerations. I saw very well that I was taking the high road to become unfaithful to my dear C—— C— — or rather that I was already so in thought and will, but I must confess that, in spite of all my love for that charming child, I felt no qualms13 of conscience. It seemed to me that an infidelity of that sort, if she ever heard of it, would not
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