Afterbreakfast, , andthegoodsuperiorwaseagertomaketheacquaintanceofhernewboarder.
, andshewascharming, winningthegoodsuperiorbyhervariedconversationandbythegracesofherwholepersonality.
Theabbess, whowasthedaughterofanoblehouse, tookparticulardelightinstoriesofthecourt, whichsoseldomtraveltotheextremitiesofthekingdom, andwhich, aboveall, havesomuchdifficultyinpenetratingthewallsofconvents, atwhosethresholdthenoiseoftheworlddiesaway.
Milady, onthecontrary, wasquiteconversantwithallaristocraticintrigues, , therefore, toamusethegoodabbesswiththeworldlypracticesofthecourtofFrance, mixedwiththeeccentricpursuitsoftheking; shemadeforherthescandalouschronicleofthelordsandladiesofthecourt, whomtheabbessknewperfectlybyname, touchedlightlyontheamoursofthequeenandtheDukeofBuckingham, talkingagreatdealtoinduceherauditortotalkalittle.
, however, sawthatthissortofnarrativeamusedherverymuch, andkeptatit; onlyshenowletherconversationdrifttowardthecardinal.
; , onherpart, maintainedareservestillmoreprudent, contentingherselfwithmakingaprofoundinclinationoftheheadeverytimethefairtravelerpronouncedthenameofhisEminence.
Miladybegantothinksheshouldsoongrowwearyofaconventlife; sheresolved, then, , shebegantotellastory, obscureatfirst, butverycircumstantialafterward, aboutthecardinal, relatingtheamoursoftheministerwithMme.d'Aiguillon, MariondeLorme, andseveralothergaywomen.
Theabbesslistenedmoreattentively, grewanimatedbydegrees, andsmiled.
"Good," thoughtMilady; ", shehasnofanaticism, atleast."
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