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I know the Marquis Desarmoises; he lives at Nancy, and is not so old as our friend." "Then one can't see how he can be Desarmoises's father." "The landlord of the inn at Strasburg knew him when he was a messenger." "How did you make his acquaintance?" "We met at the table d'hote.
As soon as I got back to my inn I sent the chocolate with a respectful note, and I took supper in Madame Morin's room with her daughter and Mdlle. Desarmoises, of whom I was feeling more and more amorous, but I talked of M M all the time, and I could see that the aunt suspected that the pretty nun was not altogether a stranger to me.
In vain I urged him to make use of my purse; he told me, with an affectionate embrace, that he had sufficient money, and if not, he had only to write to his father. I promised to stop at Lyons, and to oblige Desarmoises to desist from any steps he might be taking against them, telling them I had a power over him which would compel him to obey. I kept my word.
The evening at Lord Lismore's, my connection with Desarmoises, my party at Choisi, my trust in Costa, my union with the Renaud, and worse than all, my folly in letting myself play at faro at a place where the knavery of the gamesters is renowned all over Europe, followed one another in fatal succession.
There was nothing to keep me in Strasburg, so I wanted to cross the Rhine immediately; but Desarmoises persuaded me to come with him to see an extremely pretty woman who had only delayed her departure for Augsburg in the hope that we might journey there together. "You know the lady," said the false marquis, "but she made me give my word of honour that I would not tell you.
"I am delighted to hear you say so." "I am going to Paris and I hope you will give me a letter of introduction to Madame Varnier, so that I may have the pleasure of seeing your niece." "You shall have the letter to-morrow without fail." I introduced Mdlle. Desarmoises to her under the family name of her lover, and invited her to dine with Madame Morin and myself.
In vain I urged him to make use of my purse; he told me, with an affectionate embrace, that he had sufficient money, and if not, he had only to write to his father. I promised to stop at Lyons, and to oblige Desarmoises to desist from any steps he might be taking against them, telling them I had a power over him which would compel him to obey. I kept my word.
The fair Desarmoises was at my right, and she entertained us all the time with her amusing stories. We in the parlour were waited on by Le Duc and Costa, and the nuns were served by their lay-sisters. The abundant provision, the excellent wines, the pleasant though sometimes equivocal conversation, kept us all merrily employed for three hours.
But here I must note down an event worthy of being recorded, which was extremely prejudicial to me. Five or six days before my departure Desarmoises came to me looking very downcast, and told me that he had been ordered to leave Turin in twenty-four hours. "Do you know why?" I asked him.
I asked him to dine with me, and we were on our way when we met M. Zeroli and two or three other persons whom I had met at Aix. When we had finished dinner Desarmoises took me to the horse-dealer's. I asked if he had a good saddle horse. He called a lad and gave his orders, and whilst he was speaking the charming daughter appeared on the scene.
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