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A55296
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The gallant ladies, or, The mutual confidence. The first part a novel / translated out of the French.; Dames galantes. English
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Poisson, Raymond, 1633-1690.
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1685
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Wing P2745; ESTC R40074
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Words she look'd up to discover in my Eyes if she could what I had to say to her and by the languishing of hers I could easily perceive her Heart was really touch'd At last I own'd to her I could make her no Return for her Love but my Friendship and discover'd to her I was a Woman But Madam in stead of quieting her Mind at present this did but disturb her more The confusion she was in for having open'd her Thoughts to me made her blush and her Circumstances were very strange that she should be tormented with a Passion which she could not stifle though she had never yet been fed with any Hopes and now knew it was impossible for me to satisfie her I did all I could to convince her that no Pleasure is so refin'd and lasting as mutual Friend ship which she had much ado to believe but at last in a few days her Reason wrought more with her than all the Advice I could give her then She overcame her Inclination which I found next time I saw her had cost her some Tears From thence forwards she grew reconciled to my Sex and we spent above fifteen days together in a great deal of Tranquillity and Happiness We walk'd one Evening to the Fountain at Vaucluse where after a long Discourse upon different Subjects at last I fell asleep with my Head upon Feliza's Knees At the same time two Horsemen pass'd by us Feliza did not know who they were because they turn'd their Faces another way and were not near enough to view them distinctly yet one one of them brought the Image of that dear Brother whom she loved so tenderly into her Mind She wak'd me to shew him me and though I saw him a good way off I thought him an handsom Man When we came home again we went into Madam de Mezelon's Chamber who was quite overwhelm'd with Grief Ah Chevalier said she to me for so I desir'd her to call me am I not very miserable My Afflictions began to wear away with time and I found my self under a necessity of submitting patiently to the loss of my Son when word was brought me that he was seen pass by an hundred Paces off the House just in the same Garb as when he took his leave of me The tender Mother could not forbear weeping afresh at a Remembrance so dear and yet so afflicting then we told her what we had seen which added exceedingly to her Sorrow I had much ado to pacifie her telling her there were many People so like one another that it was easie to be deceiv'd I kept with her till midnight and was retiring to my Chamber when the Porter brought me a Note that was deliver'd him for me in which I found these Words I Am resolv'd not to come into an House which you have dishonour'd till I have made your Life pay for your Ingratitude My own Eyes have been Witnesses of that Disgrace which Honour obliges me to wash off in your Blood and I have besides too good Proofs of your Villany ever to believe the contrary I will expect you to morrow at Sun-rising at the same Place where I saw you yesterday with my unworthy Sister Fail not to be there to satisfie my just Revenge unless you would have me do something that may be worse for you Judge Madam how surpris'd I was to have a thing of this nature upon my Hands I easily guess'd the Cause of it and immediately went and shew'd the Challenge to Madam de Mezelon who was overjoy'd at it She waited impatiently for Day-light to go to the Place appointed whither she went alone and though she was his Mother was sain to bear with her Son's Reproaches for it was really He. She smil'd at what he said and you may believe was not angry to see him so sensible of Honour After she had let him go on a little while in his Mistake she undeceiv'd him by telling him part of my Story and the Secret of my Sex which was now between the Mother the Daughter and the Son He aggravated the trouble it was to him to see his Sister suffer a Man to sleep in her Lap and added he was just about to come and kill us both upon the Place but that thinking his Sister might be married in his absence he resolv'd to inform himself well before he committed so violent an Action that he applied himself to a Man who had lived heretofore in the House who confess'd to him he saw me every day with Feliza about Vaucluse and that all the Neighbourhood was scandalis'd at it Madam de Mezelon said a great many things to him to my advantage and when she brought him in presented me to him What made the best sport was it was already current among all the Servants that Mezelon had challeng'd me to fight with him so that when he came to embrace me the same People who believ'd we were Enemies fancied I was married to his Sister and that the Business was to be kept private After this first Interview Mezelon took some time to refresh himself and to put himself in a Condition to appear decently before me Well Madam what shall I say The Brother too as soon as he came home thought as advantageously of me as his Sister did when I came thither first for Refuge I was in Feliza's Chamber when he came to visit me and that pretty Creature either presagingly or in raillery told me she was sure her Brother would not see me long without paying Homage to my Charms As soon as he sate down Well dear Brother said she to him would you not think me as guilty now as you did yesterday if you did not know the Truth Remember Sister answer'd Mezelon I was not angry with you for I think I forgave you in my Heart But I question whether I shall not have more cause to complain of this Cavalier than before and carry my Resentment so far as to challenge him to give me another Meeting at Petrarch 's Well I am such a Coward still said I ever since last Night that you may wait there for me again to no purpose as you did this Morning Truly Madam replied Mezelon I believe if you had been in my place you would have done what I did Seeing an handsom Man in a very familiar posture with my Sister I inquir'd if they were married and being told they were not after that I think I find no fault with what you did said I interrupting him I only wish it may teach you never to judge by bare Appearances let them be never so strong In this Visit which lasted a good while I found Mezelon had a great deal of Wit and those he made me afterwards convinc'd me that he really loved me How was it possible Madam to breathe the Air of Vaucluse five or six Months and not be sensible of Love By what pass'd then in my Heart I plainly perceiv'd I had never yet been in Love but