But if I sample this pleasure with so much prudence and circumspection, it won't be a pleasure for me any more. -- LOPE DE VEGA

As soon as he was back in Paris, and had stepped out of M. de La Mole's study, leaving him most put out by the despatches in front of him, our hero hurried off to see Count Altamira. To add to the distinction of being sentenced to death, this handsome foreigner could also boast a high degree of gravity and the good fortune of being religious; these two qualities, and most importantly, the count's high birth, were entirely to the liking of Mme de Fervaques, who saw a good deal of him.

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