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e Chauvelin received me with the greatest cordiality; and reproaching me for having thought a letter of
introduction necessaryintroduced me to his charming wifewho was no less kind than her husband. Three or
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four days later he asked me to dine with himand I met at his table M. Imbertithe Venetian ambassadorwho
said he was very sorry not to be able to present me at Court. On hearing the reason M. de Chauvelin offered to
present me himselfbut I thought it best to decline with thanks. No doubt it would have been a great honour
but the result would be that I should be more spied on than even in this town of spieswhere the most
indifferent actions do not pass unnoticed. My pleasures would have been interfered with.
Count Borromeo continued to honour me by coming every night to sup with mepreserving his dignity the
whilefor as he accompanied Madame Mazzoli it was not to be supposed that he came because he was in need
of a meal. Count A---- B---- came more franklyand I was pleased with him. He told me one day that the way
I put up with his visits made him extremely grateful to Providencefor his wife could not send him any
moneyand he could not afford to pay for his dinner at the innso tha [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]yilai:
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