"Therese! What are you doing here ?" he demands."Oh, Monsieur, punish me," I reply, "I am guilty and have nothing to answer y...
"Now, what do I observe upon coolly proceeding to this investigation? A puny creature, always inferior to man, infinitely less attractive than he...
"Superfluous efforts," he cries, "this is not what I must have... to the business... the business... however pitiable my state... I can...
"With what regards this aspect of things, Mademoiselle, you see that they treat me well.""Yes, Madame," I replied, "and I kno...
"Therese," said the Count, bidding me be seated, "I shall not very often repeat such exercises with you, your person is useful for othe...
Then the Count rose to his feet and came up to examine me. While he makes a detailed investigation I can describe him to you: the portrait's singu...
And therewith I pierce the next hedge; this one was thicker than the first: the further I progressed, the stouter they became. The hole was made, howe...
I should indeed have liked to have been able to comfort her that first night, but, obliged to spend it with Severino, it may well have been I on the c...
"Those old clothes have become useless; you will have some cut to fit your size, they will be more becoming to you; be content to take along only...
These frightful theories soon led me to think of Omphale's doubts upon the manner in which we left the terrible house we were in. And it was then ...