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The Carmelite Convent at Bethune

           Milady,onthecontrary,wasquiteconversantwithallaristocraticintrigues,amidwhichshehadconstantlylivedforfiveorsixyears.Shemadeitherbusiness,therefore,toamusethegoodabbesswiththeworldlypracticesofthecourtofFrance,mixedwiththeeccentricpursuitsoftheking;shemadeforherthescandalouschronicleofthelordsandladiesofthecourt,whomtheabbessknewperfectlybyname,touchedlightlyontheamoursofthequeenandtheDukeofBuckingham,talkingagreatdealtoinduceherauditortotalkalittle.

           Buttheabbesscontentedherselfwithlisteningandsmilingwithoutreplyingaword.Milady,however,sawthatthissortofnarrativeamusedherverymuch,andkeptatit;onlyshenowletherconversationdrifttowardthecardinal.

           Butshewasgreatlyembarrassed.Shedidnotknowwhethertheabbesswasaroyalistoracardinalist;shethereforeconfinedherselftoaprudentmiddlecourse.Buttheabbess,onherpart,maintainedareservestillmoreprudent,contentingherselfwithmakingaprofoundinclinationoftheheadeverytimethefairtravelerpronouncedthenameofhisEminence.

           Miladybegantothinksheshouldsoongrowwearyofaconventlife;sheresolved,then,torisksomethinginorderthatshemightknowhowtoactafterward.Desirousofseeinghowfarthediscretionofthegoodabbesswouldgo,shebegantotellastory,obscureatfirst,butverycircumstantialafterward,aboutthecardinal,relatingtheamoursoftheministerwithMme.d’Aiguillon,MariondeLorme,andseveralothergaywomen.

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