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Chapter XVII
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The Florentine — Marriage of Emilie — Scholastica — Armelline at the Ball
Before the supper I had loved Armelline to such an extent that I had determined2 to see her no more, but after it I felt that I must obtain her or die. I saw that she had only consented to my small liberties because she regarded them as mere3 jokes, of no account, and I resolved to take advantage of this way of looking at it to go as far as I could. I begin to play the part of indifferent to the best of my ability, only visiting her every other day, and looking at her with an expression of polite interest. I often pretended to forget to kiss her hand, while I kissed Emilie’s and told her that if I felt certain of receiving positive marks of her affection I should stay at Civita Vecchia for some weeks after she was married. I would not see Armelline’s horror, who could not bear me to take a fancy to Emilie.
Emilie said that she would be more at liberty when she was married, while Armelline, vexed4 at her giving me any hopes, told her sharply that a married woman had stricter duties to perform than a girl.
I agreed with her in my heart, but as it would not have suited my purpose to say so openly I insinuated6 the false doctrine7 that a married woman’s chief duty is to keep her husband’s descent intact, and that everything else is of trifling8 importance.
With the idea of driving Emilie to an extremity9 I told Emilie that if she wanted me to exert myself to my utmost for her she must give me good hopes of obtaining her favours not only after but before marriage.
“I will give you no other favours.” she replied, “than those which Armelline may give you. You ought to try to get her married also.”
In spite of her grief at these proposals, gentle Armelline replied — —
“You are the only man I have ever seen; and as I have no hopes of getting married I will give you no pledges at all, though I do not know what you mean by the word.”
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