Above-stairs, my female companion lodged in a chamber furnished
with chintz. We supped all together in the saloon, which, though
small, was perfectly elegant. The company was always good-humoured,
the conversation sprightly and joyous, and the scene, though often
repeated, still delightful and entertaining.
"At other times, Mr. S-- and I used to pass our evenings at
the palace of the prince of C--, which his highness lent us for
our accommodation. The apartments opened into the gardens of the
Luxembourg, and were, in point of magnificence, suitable to the
owner. Thither I used to repair in a flaming equipage, on pretence
of visiting, and spent the best part of the night with him who was
dearer to me than all the princes in the world.
"While I was happily engaged in these ravishing parties, my little
lord was employed in his efforts to recover his health by restoratives,
and I know not what; for he still lamented the enfeebling effects
of his passion, and complained that he loved me more like an angel
than a woman, though he strove to govern his affections according
to the doctrines of the Christian religion, as he regulated his
life by the maxims of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden.
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