[The Memoires of Casanova by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt]@TWC D-Link bookThe Memoires of Casanova CHAPTER V 13/39
You know her now.
She is trifling with me, and very likely she is now revelling in her triumph.
She has made use of you to allure me in the snare, and it is all the better for her; had she come, I meant to have had my turn, and to have laughed at her." "Ah! you must allow me to have my doubts as to that." "Doubt me not, beautiful Nanette; the pleasant night we are going to spend without her must convince you." "That is to say that, as a man of sense, you can accept us as a makeshift; but you can sleep here, and my sister can lie with me on the sofa in the next room." "I cannot hinder you, but it would be great unkindness on your part.
At all events, I do not intend to go to bed." "What! you would have the courage to spend seven hours alone with us? Why, I am certain that in a short time you will be at a loss what to say, and you will fall asleep." "Well, we shall see.
In the mean-time here are provisions.
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