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my projects of a holy life were wild absurdities�此�in fact�察�any joys but those 

I may hope for at your side are fit objects of contempt。                   There are none 

that   would     not  vanish    into   worthlessness      before   one   single   glance    of 

thine��' 

     ;In   promising   her�察  �however�察  �a   full   remission   of   her   past   frailties�察  �I 

enquired      how    she   permitted     herself   to  be   led  astray    by   B。   She 

informed me that having seen her at her window�察�he became passionately 

in love with her�察�that he made his advances in the true style of a mercantile 

cit��that   is  to  say�察  �by   giving   her   to  understand     in  his  letter�察 �that  his 

payments would be proportioned to her favours�察�that she had admitted his 

overtures at first with no other intention than that of getting from him such 

a sum as might enable us to live without inconvenience�察�but that he had so 

bewildered   her   with   splendid   promises�察  �that   she   allowed   herself   to   be 

misled by degrees。         She added�察�that I ought to have formed some notion 

of the remorse she experienced�察�by her grief on the night of our separation�察�

and assured me that�察�in spite of the splendour in which he maintained her�察�

she had never known a moment's happiness with him�察�not only�察�she said�察�

because he was utterly devoid of that delicacy of sentiment and of those 

agreeable manners which I possessed�察�but because even in the midst of the 

amusements which he unceasingly procured her�察�she could never shake off 

the   recollection of   my  love�察 �or her own   ingratitude。          She then spoke   of 

Tiberge�察�and the extreme embarrassment his visit caused her。                    `A dagger's 

point��'   she   added�察   �could   not   have   struck     more   terror   to  my   heart。    I 

turned from him�察�unable to sustain the interview for a moment。' 

     ;She     continued     to  inform    me    how    she   had   been   apprised     of  my 

residence at Paris�察�of the change in my condition�察�and of her witnessing 

my examination at the Sorbonne。              She told me how agitated she had been 

during my intellectual conflict with the examiner�察�what difficulty she felt 

in restraining her tears as well as her sighs�察�which were more than once on 



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the point of spurning all control�察�and bursting forth�察�that she was the last 

person to leave the hall of examination�察�for fear of betraying her distress�察�

and   that�察  �following   only   the   instinct   of   her   own   heart�察  �and   her   ardent 

desires�察    �she   came     direct    to  the   seminary�察     �with    the   firm   resolution     of 

surrendering   life   itself�察  �if   she   found   me   cruel   enough   to   withhold   my 

forgiveness。 

     ;Could       any    savage      remain     unmoved        by    such    proofs     of   cordial 

repentance   as   those   I   had       just   witnessed�拭      �For   my     part�察  �I   felt   at  the 

moment         that   I   could    gladly     have     given     up    all   the   bishoprics       in 

Christendom for Manon。                I asked what course she would recommend in 

our present emergency。 `It is requisite��' she replied�察 �at all events�察�to quit 

the seminary�察�and settle in some safer place。'                    I consented to everything 

she   proposed。        She   got   into   her   carriage   to   go   and   wait   for   me   at   the 

corner   of   the   street。    I   escaped   the   next   moment�察  �without   attracting   the 

porter's   notice。      I   entered   the   carriage�察  �and   we   drove   off   to   a   Jew's。    I 

there   resumed   my   lay´dress   and   sword。            Manon   furnished   the   supplies�察�

for   I   was   without   a   sou�察  �and   fearing   that   I   might   meet   with   some   new 

impediment�察  �she   would   not   consent   to   my   returning   to   my   room   at   St。 

Sulpice   for   my   purse。       My   finances   were   in   truth   wretchedly   low�察  �and 

hers   more   than   sufficiently   enriched   by   the   liberality   of   M。   de   B   to 

make her think lightly of my loss。                We consulted together at the Jew's as 

to the course we should now adopt。 

     ;In order to enhance the sacrifice she had made for me of her late lover�察�

she   determined   to   treat   him   without   the   least   ceremony。            `I   shall   leave 

him   all   his   furniture��'   she   said�察   �it   belongs   to   him�此  �but   I   shall   assuredly 

carry   off�察  �as   I   have   a   right   to   do�察  �the   jewels�察  �and   about   sixty   thousand 

francs�察 �which   I   have   had   from  him  in   the   last   two   years。         I   have   given 

him   no   control   over   me��'   she   added�察   �so   that   we   may   remain   without 

apprehension in Paris�察�taking a convenient house�察�where we shall live�察�oh 

how happily together��' 

     ;I represented to her that�察�although there might be no danger for her�察�

there   was   a   great   deal   for   me�察  �who   must   be   sooner   or   later   infallibly 

recognised�察  �and   continually   exposed   to   a   repetition   of   the   trials   I   had 

before endured。          She gave me to understand that she could not quit Paris 



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without   regret。     I   had   such   a   dread   of   giving   her   annoyance�察  �that   there 

were no risks I would not have encountered for her sake。                     However�察�we 

compromised   matters   by   resolving   to   take   a   house   in   some   village   near 

Paris�察�from whence it would be easy for us to come into town whenever 

pleasure   or   business   required   it。     We   fixed   on   Chaillot�察  �which   is   at   a 

convenient distance。         Manon at once returned to her house�察�and I went to 

wait for her at a side´gate of the garden of the Tuileries。 

     ;She returned an hour after�察�in a hired carriage�察�with a servant´maid�察�

and several trunks�察�which contained her dresses�察�and everything she had of 

value。 

     ;We were not long on our way to Chaillot。                We lodged the first night 

at   the   inn�察  �in   order   to   have   time   to   find   a   suitable   house�察  �or   at   least   a 

commodious lodging。           We found one to our taste the next morning。 

     ;My happiness now appeared to be secured beyond the reach of fate。 

Manon was everything most sweet and amiable。                    She was so delicate and 

so    unceasing     in  her   attentions    to  me�察  �that   I  deemed     myself    but   too 

bountifully rewarded for all my past troubles。                As we had both�察�by this 

time�察�acquired   some   experience�察 �we   discussed rationally  the   state   of our 

finances。     Sixty   thousand   francs   ��the   amount   of   our   wealth��   was   not   a 

sum that could be expected to last our whole life�察�besides�察�we were neither 

of   us   much    disposed     to  control    our   expenses。     Manon's      chief   virtue 

assuredly  was   not   economy�察  �any  more   than   it   was   mine。        This   was   my 

proposition。      `Sixty thousand francs��' said I�察 �may support us for ten years。 

Two thousand crowns a year will suffice�察�if we continue to live at Chaillot。 

We shall keep up appearances�察�but live frugally。                 Our only expense will 

be occasionally  a carriage�察  �and the   theatres。          We   shall do   everything   in 

moderation。       You like the opera�察�we shall go twice a week�察�in the season。 

As for play�察�we shall limit ourselves�察�so that our losses must never exceed 

three   crowns。     It   is   impossible   but   that   in   the   space   of   ten   years   some 

change must occur in my family�此�my father is even now of an advanced 

age�察�he may die�察�in which event I must inherit a fortune�察�and we shall then 

be above all other fears。' 

     ;This arrangement would not have been by any means the most silly 

act   of   my   life�察  �if   we   had   only   been   prudent   enough   to   persevere   in   its 



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execution�察     �but    our   resolutions     hardly    lasted    longer    than   a   month。 

Manon's   passion   was   for   amusement�察  �she   was   the   only   object   of   mine。 

New temptations to expense constantly presented themselves�察�and far from 

regretting the money which she sometimes prodigally lavished�察�I was the 

first   to   procure   for   her   everything   likely   to   afford   her   pleasure。   Our 

residence at Chaillot began even to appear tiresome。 

     ;Winter was approaching�察�and the whole world returning to town�察�the 

country had a deserted look。           She proposed to me to take a house in Paris。 

I did not approve of this�察�but�察�in order partly at least to satisfy her�察�I said 

that   we   might   hire   furnished   apartments�察  �and   that   we   might   sleep   there 

whenever we were late in quitting the assembly�察 �whither we often went�察�

for the inconvenience of returning so late to Chaillot was her excuse for 

wishing   to   leave   it。   We   had   thus   two   dwellings�察  �one   in   town   and   the 

other in the country。        This change soon threw our affairs into confusion�察�

and led to two adventures�察�which eventually caused our ruin。 

     ;Manon had   a brother in the   Guards。            He unfortunately  lived   in the 

very street in which we had taken lodgings。                He one day recognised his 

sister   at   the   window�察  �and   hastened   over   to   us。 He   was   a   fellow   of   the 

rudest manners�察�and without the slightest principle of honour。             

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