Chapter XVII
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Romantic Feelings of Lady C—— —True Love—Disagreeable Neighbours—Credulity—Mademoiselle Delphine Gay—French Novels—French Critics—Eligible Mansions—Comforts of Seclusion—Genius of L.E.L.—The Comtesse d'O—— —A Brilliant Talker—Letter from Mrs. Hare—Extreme Hospitality—Longchamps—Exhibition of Spring Fashions—French Beauties—Animated Scene—Promenade at Longchamps—Extravagance of Mademoiselle Duthé—Modern Morals—Cinq Mars, by Comte Alfred de Vigny—His Style—Strictures on Mankind—The best Philosophy—Speech of Lord Grey—The Caterpillar—A Voracious Appetite—A Refined Lady—La Chronique du temps de Charles IX, by Prosper Merimée—Estimation of Sir Walter Scott—Jules Janin—Injudicious Praise—Renewal of Youth—Self-Deception—Grey Hairs, 194.