There was no end to the entertainments, soirees and theaters.

But can that satisfy a young and embittered woman thirsting for happiness?
Of course I received a great deal of attention.

An attache of our embassy succeeded in attracting me.

I swear to you that I struggled long with him and myself, but his passion was stronger than my powers of resistance." Wilhelm would have drawn away his hand, but she held it fast, and went on hurriedly.
"I have finished.

For four years I shared his life, and then discovered that I had deceived myself a second time, and put an end to a connection which had lost the excuse of sincerity For two years now I have been free--for two years my heart has been at rest.