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have avoided them so carefully that now you know nothing about
them。 Madame de Mortsauf was right to place you high in life at
the start； otherwise all women would have been against you； and
you never would have risen in society。
It is too late now to begin your training over again； too late to
learn to tell us what we long to hear； to be superior to us at the
right moment； or to worship our pettiness when it pleases us to be
petty。 We are not so silly as you think us。 When we love we place
the man of our choice above all else。 Whatever shakes our faith in
our supremacy shakes our love。 In flattering us men flatter
themselves。 If you intend to remain in society； to enjoy an
intercourse with women； you must carefully conceal from them all
that you have told me； they will not be willing to sow the flowers
of their love upon the rocks or lavish their caresses to soothe a
sickened spirit。 Women will discover the barrenness of your heart
and you will be ever more and more unhappy。 Few among them would
be frank enough to tell you what I have told you； or sufficiently
good…natured to leave you without rancor； offering their
friendship； like the woman who now subscribes herself
Your devoted friend；
Natalie de Manerville。
ADDENDUM
The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy。
Birotteau； Abbe Francois
Cesar Birotteau
The Vicar of Tours
Blamont…Chauvry； Princesse de
The Thirteen
Madame Firmiani
Brandon； Lady Marie Augusta
The Member for Arcis
La Grenadiere
Chessel； Madame de
The Government Clerks
Dudley； Lord
The Thirteen
A Man of Business
Another Study of Woman
A Daughter of Eve
Dudley； Lady Arabella
The Ball at Sceaux
The Magic Skin
The Secrets of a Princess
A Daughter of Eve
Letters of Two Brides
Givry
Letters of Two Brides
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Lenoncourt； Duc de
Cesar Birotteau
Jealousies of a Country Town
The Gondreville Mystery
Beatrix
Lenoncourt…Givry； Duchesse de
Letters of Two Brides
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
Listomere； Marquis de
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
A Study of Woman
Listomere； Marquise de
Lost Illusions
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
A Study of Woman
A Daughter of Eve
Louis XVIII。； Louis…Stanislas…Xavier
The Chouans
The Seamy Side of History
The Gondreville Mystery
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
The Ball at Sceaux
Colonel Chabert
The Government Clerks
Manerville； Comtesse Paul de
A Marriage Settlement
A Daughter of Eve
Marsay； Henri de
The Thirteen
The Unconscious Humorists
Another Study of Woman
Father Goriot
Jealousies of a Country Town
Ursule Mirouet
A Marriage Settlement
Lost Illusions
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
Letters of Two Brides
The Ball at Sceaux
Modeste Mignon
The Secrets of a Princess
The Gondreville Mystery
A Daughter of Eve
Stanhope； Lady Esther
Lost Illusions
Vandenesse； Comte Felix de
Lost Illusions
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
Cesar Birotteau
Letters of Two Brides
A Start in Life
The Marriage Settlement
The Secrets of a Princess
Another Study of Woman
The Gondreville Mystery
A Daughter of Eve
End