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'Nay, madam, answered he, 'if I am commanded by a lady, it is a part of my dignity to obey. He then proceeded to tell us that Bagillard had rallied him upon a supposition that he was pursuing my wife with a view of gallantry; telling him that he could never succeed; giving hints that, if it had been possible, he should have succeeded himself; and ending with calling my poor Amelia an accomplished prude; upon which the major gave Bagillard a box in the ear, and both immediately drew their swords.
I mean that villain Bagillard but I cannot proceed; for you, madam, said he to my wife, 'are concerned, and I know what is due to the dignity of your sex. Amelia, I observed, turned pale at these words, but eagerly begged him to proceed.
To say the truth, politeness carries friendship far enough in the ordinary occasions of life, and those who want this accomplishment rarely make amends for it by their sincerity; for bluntness, or rather rudeness, as it commonly deserves to be called, is not always so much a mark of honesty as it is taken to be. "The day after our arrival we became acquainted with Mons. Bagillard.
My wife at first opposed my going, from some sudden fears on my account; but when she was convinced they were groundless she consented. "I found Bagillard in his bed; for the major's sword had passed up to the very hilt through his body.
My wife at first opposed my going, from some sudden fears on my account; but when she was convinced they were groundless she consented. "I found Bagillard in his bed; for the major's sword had passed up to the very hilt through his body.
Indeed, I was under a difficulty with regard to Mons. Bagillard; for, as I could not possibly communicate to him the true reason for quitting my lodgings, so I found it as difficult to deceive him by a counterfeit one; besides, I was apprehensive I should have little less of his company than before.
I mean that villain Bagillard but I cannot proceed; for you, madam, said he to my wife, 'are concerned, and I know what is due to the dignity of your sex. Amelia, I observed, turned pale at these words, but eagerly begged him to proceed.
To say the truth, politeness carries friendship far enough in the ordinary occasions of life, and those who want this accomplishment rarely make amends for it by their sincerity; for bluntness, or rather rudeness, as it commonly deserves to be called, is not always so much a mark of honesty as it is taken to be. "The day after our arrival we became acquainted with Mons. Bagillard.
Indeed, I was under a difficulty with regard to Mons. Bagillard; for, as I could not possibly communicate to him the true reason for quitting my lodgings, so I found it as difficult to deceive him by a counterfeit one; besides, I was apprehensive I should have little less of his company than before.
When my wife had once taken it into her head that she was deprived of my company by M. Bagillard, it was impossible to change her opinion; and, though I now spent more of my time with her than I had ever done before, she still grew more and more dissatisfied, till at last she very earnestly desired me to quit my lodgings, and insisted upon it with more vehemence than I had ever known her express before.
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