British Monitor (Newspaper) - July 26, 1818, London, Middlesex BY LEWIS PRO ET July MEMOIRS OF THE DE tali J To my great in about four hours after I had dispatched laconic and insolent Madame de CAMBISE came to What took place at meeting may easily be all Paris soon spoke of the wander in which I treated Nothing could possibly be more dinary than ray mode of 1 led a quiet arid sober life with my I took a little duncer into keeping girl 1 was very fond I was always seen in public with Madame de who was always at command but 1 did not love I gambled highland regularly went to and 1 was full of animal very and slept 1 had time enough to do all that was this 1 became very intimat with the de was NO fund of my that he could scarcely dispense with it for an In the of all ibis I Hid not neglect to goand visit Madame de A journey which she had been to Lorraine with her Husband entirely cured him of nis Not being any longer of 1 became less and did nut continue to be of I therefore felt no obstruction to rny 1 always took a very interest all that oil her one I her bathed tears I asked her when she Vrt me sob that she was in love a 1 r f I IT I felt hurt at oer an attach take care oft for a person who was to injure of she ishe not continue the 1 spake even to him about and he also promised rue to discontinue the acquaint t She had deposited with me a box con all her from him and friends began to this new The Duke de and the Countess of GRAMMONT endeavoured to sound but with out as I was determined tu keep her se About this time Lady SARAH and her Sir arrived at At the time tf their arrival I was jn duty at and was consequently introduced to them To those who read these 1 owe some particulars respecting this charming woman Lady SARAH is sister to the Duke of she is tall and well her hair is of blacky her complexion her cheeks Her eyes of and her phy announces sensibility and The King of ENGLAND was in love with and would have married but he had not the cou rage to brave the obstacles which presented She therefore contented herself to a plain Baronet of the county of Lady SARAH was and at times very passionate but very frivolous and The first time I saw Her after her arrival at was at a concert at the The Prince of CONTI introduced me to I ask your my for my friend said the when he presented me to he is and but amiable he can belter than any one make you acquainted with I am certain that he will do all in his power to please Lady SARAH muttered a lew words in 1 was not very attentive to the 1 paid my respects to all the there whom 1 Madame de CAM BISE called to me twenty times when I ap her she to in order to make world believe that I was exclusively But I thought no more of her my at tentions were all directed amiable I was at this time the man a la I would 1 not copy any but was When supper was the Prince of CONTI placed me between Laty SARAH and Madame de My attentions to the former greatly displeased the After supper she introduced me to her Sir who invited me to his It Was not long before I became a very frequent I very soon after made a declaration of af not to comprehend I then wrote to but my letters returned soon after we met at a when she said to me very I am not desirous of having a especially a who makes more talk of it than ten others and you in particular Monsieur le you are the most indiscreet man in the You do me a great deal of but do not lose your time in running after And if you continue to about my doors shall be shut to 1 too vio in love to be rebutted thus but for the present 1 thought it prudent to and wait for a Madame de irritated at my wrote to me to between Lady SARAH and her I was oot longin making my for I imme returned her all her She con soled however by taking for her rover tha Chevalier de because she knew hated v My amours were interrupted by an occur rence which might have proved very I have already noticed the intrigues of Madame de with and of heV precaution in giving me a box Of 1 placed them Before the the residence of and converted into a State the garden of rhe Hittel to which i A discharged of my who came me one asked tne if I kept a great deaV of money id that room above 1 told him I which was as I gambled very high and had al ways much ready said take for there is some intention Jo rob as 1 saw a man trying to open the garden door of Hotel de which is new the window of your dressing he ran off When he was and I could not make rtt who he i thanked him for was determined to be on my I next night told a confidential servant to re main concealed in my dressing room without a and if he heard any noise to come up stairs gently and inform me of I was in bed about an when the servant came up to tell me that there was a person in my 1 directly took myv pistols and went down I found the dear of my but it was and I would not have I could not see any but J called out whos I received no I now was de termined to tire my pistols at some figure which L could and which appeared to be a A rustling noise as if proceeding fjom a person walking in a silk morn ing prevented me luckily for myself from using my A thought rushed upon me that it might possibly he my although I did not think it very that he should have got my apartment io this kind of But while rushing by and when getting out of the 1 enough knew him to be my One may easily guess the ideas that rushed upon my mind at this mo 1 could not think what brought him there at that time of on the following 1 learnt that Madame de STAINviLLE had left Pans with her for where she watt to be placed in a con father aud the Duke de CHOISEUL knew that she left all her letters with rne and in order to get possession of the box which con them my father even hazarded himself to get into my apartment in the manner just de did not obtain and therefore he and the Duke requested me to give them up the which I refused to dp ve separated very much displeased with each This although it did not immediately concern nevertheless affected my Lady SARAH perceived and spoke to me very feelingly about 1 told her that I hud for ever lost a woman that waa once dear to but not to be compared I A person came the room which interrupted oaf conversation she only had time to I Lady SARAHS behaviour towards me was quite her eyes fixed on me many things which 1 durst not Her usual vivacity was changed tp an interesting wheo at Madame du she wrote after supper a few words a on a small bit of site gave when you go to bed read 1 took the Hrst opportunity to read the paper when 1 got and found the following which were written in English love 1 did not understand a word of but I lost not a moment to get them sodn as propriety 1 to Lady I found her at said you will take some chocolate and send away your as keeping Jt here it will be known that asTt order the servants not any at our Sir CHARLES is and my Lord is they wH I till paring she addressed me thus love you cje seeing fif a a but it is of ut most consequence to English because from that every thing is lost to In Prance result of such things are not dan gerous on the they afford But there do not prevent from falling into the We are not al make choice of our are not whether we love or but when we deceive we are never never I certainly have to re myself with ingratitude towards Sir as he has always been kind to and till to study his happiness has been my only I am pleased to have it in my power to tell you that 1 love but I am ne convinced that nothing but tune will attend our Our countries are separated by the and very often by We shall pass threefourths without being able to see each and our destinies depend upon a letter which may miscarry or be We have also every thing to fear from my Lord CARfor yop must koow that his Lordship is in but he how very because he knows that I cannot receive him as a but jealousy might prompt him to do any Now it is at that I ghould tell you something of my own 1 am naturally coquettish but 1 writ with pleasure sacrifice my to you but your jealousy would make us both I am certain I run no risk in confiding my honour and to After this say then if I cau possibly think of having a I wish ou to be happy nothing on earth can prevent me from adoring We then promised to be and to observe the strictest prudence but our resolutions were soon Lady SARAH loved me very moth but till now she granted me no favours Lord thought he per in my attentions to her more but concluded that Lady SARAH would forget me soon as left went to her very At length the fatal hour of her lair proposed to Lord and my
