Volume III Part 31 (1/2)
It ined that I did not wait to be asked twice, and as soon as we got to her house I went to work on the questions, and solved them all in less than half an hour
When I had finished, ”M Casanova;” said she, in the kindest manner possible, ”what is the matter with you? You are not in your usual state of equani so some important resolution? I am not inquisitive, but if I can be of any service to you at Court, make use of o to Versailles to- I know all the hten them I can at least share them, and be sure I will keep your counsel”
Her words seeenius to open hts, and had so plainly expressed her interest inat her for so, but with a rateful I was, ”Yes madam,” I said, ”I ae of ruin, but your kindness has calmed my soul and made me once more acquainted with hope You shall hear how I a to trust you with a secret of theas discreet as you are good And if after hearing ive e its author”
After this beginning, which gained her close attention, I told her all the circu lady's name nor any of the circumstances which made itabout the aroph or the share I had taken in its exhibition The incident appeared to me too farcical for a serious dras in the hope of relieving her of her burden
After this weighty communication I stopped, and Madaht, for nearly a quarter of an hour
At last she rose, saying,
”I ao, as I ae, to whom I want to speak, but I hope I shall eventually be able to help you Come here the day after to before you see me Farewell”
I left her full of hope, and resolved to follow her advice and hers only in the troublesome affair in which I was involved
The Bishop of Montrouge who to address on an important matter, the nature of which ell known to me, was the Abbe de Voisenon, as thus nae is an estate near Paris, belonging to the Duc de la Valiere
I saw Mdlle X C V the following day, and contented ive her soood news
I was pleased with her nation and trust in my endeavours
The day after, I went to Madaht The porter told me that I should find the doctor with my lady, but I went upstairs all the same, and as soon as the doctor saw me he took his leave His name was Herrenschwand, and all the ladies in Paris ran after him Poor Poinsinet put hih of very ordinary reat success
”My dear sir,” said Madame du Rumain, as soon as ere alone, ”I have succeeded in my endeavours on your behalf, and it is now for you to keep secret my share in the matter After I had pondered over the case of conscience you submitted to me, I went to the convent of C---where the abbess is a friend ofon her discretion We agreed that she should receive the young lady in her convent, and give her a good lay-sister to nurse her through her confinement Now you will not deny,” said she, with a s friend o by herself to the convent with a letter for the abbess, which I will give her, and which she ed in a suitable chamber She will receive no visitors nor any letters that have not passed throughher answers to me, and I will pass them on to you You must see that her only correspondent must be yourself, and you hto her you must leave the address to be filled in by me I had to tell the abbess the lady's name, but not yours as she did not require it
”Tell your young friend all about our plans, and when she is ready coive you the letter to the abbess Tell her to bring nothing but what is strictly necessary, above all no diamonds or trinkets of any value You may assure her that the abbess will be friendly, will coive her proper books--in a word, that she will be well looked after Warn her not to confide in the laysister ill attend on her I have no doubt she is an excellent woht leak out
After she is safely delivered, she o to confession and perforive her a certificate of good behaviour; and she can then return to herive as her reason of her leaving horatitude to her, and of ive me the letter on the spot, as there was no tio at once to her desk, where she wrote as follows:
”My dear abbess--The young lady ill give you this letter is the same of e have spoken She wishes to spend three of four months under your protection, to recover her peace of mind, to perform her devotions, and toe, which is partly the cause of her te it to me, she put it into ht be able to read it The abbess in question was a princess, and her convent was consequently a place above all suspicion As Madaratitude that I fell on enerous woman was useful to me on another occasion, of which I shall speak later on
After leaving Madane,” where I saw Mdlle X C V, who had only tied for the rest of the day, but that she would coht, and that then we could talk e from a happy dream, and that I should be alone with her no ave the word to Madelaine, who in turn got the scullion to have everything in readiness
I kept the appoint her read the letter written by Madame du Ru offence thereat) I put out the candle, and without troubling about the aroph, we set ourselves to the pleasant task of proving that we truly loved each other
In the ave her all the instructions I had received froreed that she should leave the house at eight o'clock with such things as she absolutely required, that she should take a coach to the Place Maubert, then send it away, and take another to the Place Antoine, and again, farther on, a third coach, in which she was to go to the convent naet to burn all the letters she had received from me, and to write to me from the convent as often as she could, to seal her letters but to leave the address blank She promised to carry out my instructions, and I then made her accept a packet of two hundred louis, of which she ht chance to be in need She wept, more forthat I had plenty of money and powerful patrons
”I will set out,” said she, ”the day after to- promised to come to the house the day after her departure, as if I knew nothing about it, and to let her knohat passed, we embraced each other tenderly, and I left her