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Chapter XII
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Miss Betty — TheComte de L’Etoile — Sir B *** M *** Reassured1
This was the fourth adventure I had had of this kind. There is nothing particularly out of the common in having a fellow-traveller in one’s carriage; this time, however, the affair had something decidedly romantic about it.
I was forty-five, and my purse contained two hundred sequins. I still loved the fair sex, though my ardour had decreased, my experience had ripened3, and my caution increased. I was more like a heavy father than a young lover, and I limited myself to pretensions4 of the most modest character.
The young person beside me was pretty and gentle-looking, she was neatly5 though simply dressed in the English fashion, she was fair and small, and her budding breast could be seen outlined beneath the fine muslin of her dress. She had all the appearances of modesty6 and noble birth, and something of virginal innocence7, which inspired one with attachment8 and respect at the same time.
“I hope you can speak French madam?” I began.
“Yes, and a little Italian too.”
“I congratulate myself on having you for my travelling companion.”
“I think you should congratulate me.”
“I heard you came to Sienna on horseback.”
“Yes, but I will never do such a foolish thing again.” “I think your husband would have been wise to sell his horse and buy a carriage.”
“He hired it; it does not belong to him. From Rome we are going to drive to Naples.”
“You like travelling?”
“Very much, but with greater comfort.”
With these words the English girl, whose white skin did not look as if it could contain a drop of blood, blushed most violently.
I guessed something of her secret, and begged pardon; and for more than an hour I remain silent, pretending to gaze at the scenery, but in reality thinking of her, for she began to inspire me with a lively interest.
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