14/27 Besides, an entanglement with a married woman!... _cela ne se peut pas, mon cher_. You are too young to venture on such dangerous ground, and too inexperienced." I smiled--perhaps somewhat bitterly--for the wound was still fresh, and I could not help wincing when any hand came near it. "Madame de Marignan is a dangerous woman; but dangerous for me no longer. However, I have paid rather dearly for my safety." And with this, I told him the whole story from beginning to end, confessing all my follies without reservation. |