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“Well, Monsieur,” Lavinia replied, “I can assure you that I’ve learnt from the rough lessons that fate has taught me; nowadays I’m on guard against my own heart and other people’s. I know that a man isn’t always able to keep his promises, and that as soon as he has obtained something, he misuses it. That being so, Mon­sieur, you mustn’t hope to move me. If you’re speaking seriously, my answer is that I’m unassailable. This woman, who has been vilified so much for the sins of her youth, now has a stronger defense than virtue—distrust.”