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Chapter XXI
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End of My Adventure with the Nun1 from Chamberi — My Flight from Aix
“Yesterday,” said the charming nun, “you left in my hands the two portraits of my Venetian sister. I want you to give them to me.”
“They are yours.”
“I thank you. My second favour is, that you will be good enough to take my portrait in exchange; you shall have it to-morrow.”
“I shall be delighted. It will be the most precious of all my jewels, but I wonder how you can ask me to take it as a favour, whereas you are doing me a favour I should never have dared to demand. How shall I make myself worthy2 of giving you my portrait?”
“Ah, dearest! it would be a dear possession, but God preserve me from having it at the convent!”
“I will get myself painted under the costume of St. Louis of Gonzaga, or St. Anthony of Padua.”
“I shall be damned eternally.”
“We will say no more about it.”
She had on a dimity corset, trimmed with red ribbon, and a cambric chemise. I was surprised, but politeness did not allow me to ask where they came from, so I contented3 myself with staring at them. She guessed my thoughts, and said, smilingly, that it was a present from the countrywoman.
“Seeing her fortune made, the worthy woman tries every possible way to convince her benefactor4 that she is grateful to him. Look at the bed; she was certainly thinking of you, and look at these fine materials. I confess I enjoy their softness extremely. I shall sleep better to-night if I am not plagued by those seductive dreams which tormented5 me last night.”
“Do you think that the bed and the fine linen6 will deliver you from the dreams you fear?”
“No doubt they will have a contrary effect, for softness irritates the passions. I shall leave everything with the good woman. I do not know what they would say if I took them with me to the convent.”
“You are not so comfortable there?”
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bliss
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stratagem
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voluptuous
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vengeance
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