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As the poor fellow could not present himself empty, he had loaded himself in going up stairs with a thousand compliments to Madame de L-, on the part of his master, added a long apocrypha of inquiries after Madame de L-'s health, told her, that Monsieur his master was au desespoire for her re-establishment from the fatigues of her journey, and, to close all, that Monsieur had received the letter which Madame had done him the honour And he has done me the honour, said Madame de L-, interrupting La Fleur, to send a billet in return.
The poor soul burn'd with impatience; and the Count de L-'s servant coming with the letter, being the first practicable occasion which offer'd, La Fleur had laid hold of it; and, in order to do honour to his master, had taken him into a back parlour in the auberge, and treated him with a cup or two of the best wine in Picardy; and the Count de L-'s servant, in return, and not to be behindhand in politeness with La Fleur, had taken him back with him to the Count's hotel.
The words were scarce out of my mouth when the Count de L-'s post- chaise, with his sister in it, drove hastily by: she had just time to make me a bow of recognition, and of that particular kind of it, which told me she had not yet done with me.
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