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The abbess assigned her a chamber, and had breakfast served.†
Chpt 61. *
After breakfast, the abbess came to pay her a visit.†
Chpt 61.
Milady wished to please the abbess.†
Chpt 61.
The abbess, who was the daughter of a noble house, took particular delight in stories of the court, which so seldom travel to the extremities of the kingdom, and which, above all, have so much difficulty in penetrating the walls of convents, at whose threshold the noise of the world dies away.†
Chpt 61.
She made it her business, therefore, to amuse the good abbess with the worldly practices of the court of France, mixed with the eccentric pursuits of the king; she made for her the scandalous chronicle of the lords and ladies of the court, whom the abbess knew perfectly by name, touched lightly on the amours of the queen and the Duke of Buckingham, talking a great deal to induce her auditor to talk a little.†
Chpt 61.
She made it her business, therefore, to amuse the good abbess with the worldly practices of the court of France, mixed with the eccentric pursuits of the king; she made for her the scandalous chronicle of the lords and ladies of the court, whom the abbess knew perfectly by name, touched lightly on the amours of the queen and the Duke of Buckingham, talking a great deal to induce her auditor to talk a little.†
Chpt 61.
But the abbess contented herself with listening and smiling without replying a word.†
Chpt 61.
She did not know whether the abbess was a royalist or a cardinalist; she therefore confined herself to a prudent middle course.†
Chpt 61.
But the abbess, on her part, maintained a reserve still more prudent, contenting herself with making a profound inclination of the head every time the fair traveler pronounced the name of his Eminence.†
Chpt 61.
Desirous of seeing how far the discretion of the good abbess would go, she began to tell a story, obscure at first, but very circumstantial afterward, about the cardinal, relating the amours of the minister with Mme. d'Aiguillon, Marion de Lorme, and several other gay women.†
Chpt 61.
The abbess listened more attentively, grew animated by degrees, and smiled.†
Chpt 61.
The abbess only crossed herself, without approving or disapproving.†
Chpt 61.
This confirmed Milady in her opinion that the abbess was rather royalist than cardinalist.†
Chpt 61.
"I am very ignorant of these matters," said the abbess, at length; "but however distant from the court we may be, however remote from the interests of the world we may be placed, we have very sad examples of what you have related.†
Chpt 61.
But after all," resumed the abbess, "Monsieur Cardinal has perhaps plausible motives for acting thus; and though she has the look of an angel, we must not always judge people by the appearance."†
Chpt 61.
"You would, then, be tempted to believe," said the abbess, "that this young person is innocent?"†
Chpt 61.
"Permit me, madame, to express my surprise," said the abbess.†
Chpt 61.
"Then," said the abbess, looking at Milady with increasing interest, "I behold another poor victim?"†
Chpt 61.
The abbess looked at her for an instant with uneasiness, as if a fresh thought suggested itself to her mind.†
Chpt 61.
"Then, madame," said the abbess, smiling, "be reassured; the house in which you are shall not be a very hard prison, and we will do all in our power to make you cherish your captivity.†
Chpt 61.
"Why, this evening," said the abbess; "today even.†
Chpt 61.
She therefore took leave of the abbess, and went to bed, softly rocked by the ideas of vengeance which the name of Kitty had naturally brought to her thoughts.†
Chpt 61.
She opened her eyes, and saw the abbess, accompanied by a young woman with light hair and delicate complexion, who fixed upon her a look full of benevolent curiosity.†
Chpt 61.
The abbess introduced them to each other.†
Chpt 61.
Show it to the abbess, and tell her that someone will come and fetch me, either today or tomorrow, and that I am to follow the person who presents himself in your name.†
Chpt 62.
Don't forget to treat me harshly in speaking of me to the abbess.†
Chpt 62.
Let us see: Buckingham dead or grievously wounded; your conversation with the cardinal overheard by the four Musketeers; Lord de Winter warned of your arrival at Portsmouth; d'Artagnan and Athos to the Bastille; Aramis the lover of Madame de Chevreuse; Porthos an ass; Madame Bonacieux found again; to send you the chaise as soon as possible; to place my lackey at your disposal; to make you out a victim of the cardinal in order that the abbess may entertain no suspicion; Armentieres, on the banks of the Lys.†
Chpt 62.
He who just now presented himself to the abbess as a messenger from the cardinal.†
Chpt 63.
The good abbess had naturally consented to her request; and as a commencement, they were to sup together.†
Chpt 63.
The poor young woman was too pure to suppose that any female could be guilty of such perfidy; besides, the name of the Comtesse de Winter, which she had heard the abbess pronounce, was wholly unknown to her, and she was even ignorant that a woman had had so great and so fatal a share in the misfortune of her life.†
Chpt 63.
The abbess suspects nothing, and believes that I am taken by order of the cardinal.†
Chpt 63.

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(1) (abbess)
the superior of a group of nuns
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

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