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"Sir, I beg you will offer my thanks to M. Dutillot, and enquire from him whether he knows me." "I am certain, madam," said the hunchback, "that he does not." "You see he does not know me, and yet he wishes to call on me. You must agree with me that if I accepted his visits I should give him a singular opinion of my character.
He told us frankly that M. Dutillot had been delighted at the fortunate chance which had afforded him an opportunity of making our acquaintance, and that he had entreated him to ask our permission to call on us. "On madam or on me?" I asked at once. "On both." "Very well, but one at a time. Madam, as you know, has her own room and I have mine." "Yes, but they are so near each other!"
I Engage a Box at the Opera, in Spite of Henriette's Reluctance M. Dubois Pays Us a Visit and Dines with Us; My Darling Plays Him a Trick Henriette Argues on Happiness We Call on Dubois, and My Wife Displays Her Marvellous Talent M. Dutillot The Court gives a Splendid Entertainment in the Ducal Gardens A Fatal Meeting I Have an Interview with M. D'Antoine, the Favourite of the Infante of Spain
Whilst the horse was raised again, he came politely to our carriage, and paid some civil compliment to Henriette. M. Dubois, always a shrewd courtier and anxious to shew off at the expense of others, lost no time in introducing him as M. Dutillot, the French ambassador. My sweetheart gave the conventional bow.
The officer was a captain in a Hungarian regiment belonging to the empress and queen. He was from Rome, on his way to Parma with dispatches from Cardinal Albani Alexander to M. Dutillot, prime minister of the Infante of Parma.
"Sir, I beg you will offer my thanks to M. Dutillot, and enquire from him whether he knows me." "I am certain, madam," said the hunchback, "that he does not." "You see he does not know me, and yet he wishes to call on me. You must agree with me that if I accepted his visits I should give him a singular opinion of my character.
"She left Civita-Vecchia with the elderly officer, and I returned home on the following day. "Two days afterwards, the cardinal gave me the dispatches, which were addressed to M. Dutillot, the French minister, with a passport and the money necessary for the journey. He told me, with great kindness, that I need not hurry on the road.
He told us frankly that M. Dutillot had been delighted at the fortunate chance which had afforded him an opportunity of making our acquaintance, and that he had entreated him to ask our permission to call on us. "On madam or on me?" I asked at once. "On both." "Very well, but one at a time. Madam, as you know, has her own room and I have mine." "Yes, but they are so near each other!"
The officer was a captain in a Hungarian regiment belonging to the empress and queen. He was from Rome, on his way to Parma with dispatches from Cardinal Albani Alexander to M. Dutillot, prime minister of the Infante of Parma.
"She left Civita-Vecchia with the elderly officer, and I returned home on the following day. "Two days afterwards, the cardinal gave me the dispatches, which were addressed to M. Dutillot, the French minister, with a passport and the money necessary for the journey. He told me, with great kindness, that I need not hurry on the road.
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