lady in France has her aimant.

"With this charming woman, whose name was Madame de la T--, I often made
parties of pleasure. The duke, Mr. S--, she, and I, used to meet in the
Bois de Boulogne, which is a pleasant wood, at a small distance from
Paris, whither the company repairs in the summer season for the benefit
of the air; and, after having amused ourselves among the groves,
embarked in his grace's equipage, which was extremely elegant, being a
calash drawn by six fine long-tailed greys, adorned with ribbons, in the
French taste; and thus we were conducted to a little enchanted, or at
least enchanting, palace, possessed by the duke, at one end of the town.
The lower apartment, appropriated to me, was furnished with yellow and
silver, the bed surrounded with looking-glasses, and the door opened
into the garden, laid out in a cradle walk, and intervening parterres of
roses and other flowers. Above-stairs, my female companion lodged in
a chamber furnished with chintz. We supped all together in the saloon,
which, though small, was perfectly elegant. The company was always
good-humoured, the conversation sprightly and joyous, and the scene,
though often repeated, still delightful and entertaining.

"At other times, Mr. S-- and I used to pass our evenings at the palace
of the prince of C--, which his highness lent us for our accommodation.
The apartments opened into the gardens of the Luxembourg, and were, in
point of magnificence, suitable to the owner. Thither I used to repair
in a flaming equipage, on pretence of visiting, and spent the best part
of the night with him who was dearer to me than all the princes in the
world.

"While I was happily engaged in these ravishing parties, my little lord
was employed in his efforts to recover his health by restoratives, and
I know not what; for he still lamented the enfeebling effects of his
passion, and complained that he loved me more like an angel than a
woman, though he strove to govern his affections according to the
doctrines of the Christian religion, as he regulated his life by the
maxims of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden. The meaning of this declaration
I could never learn; and, indeed, I have been often tempted to believe
he had no meaning at all.

"Be that as it will, I found my size visibly increasing, and my
situation extremely uneasy, on account of the perpetual wrangling which
prevailed between us, in consequence of his desiring to sleep with me
again, after