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 us, and removed the veil of mysteriousness from our eyes.

Caroline de B****** was of an ancient and noble family in Picardy. She was not rich; however, her fortune was sufficient to afford her a good education, and to render her no despicable party. She was not handsome; but her complexion was fresh, her shape elegant, and her deportment natural and winning. She possessed an unaffected gaiety, which graced all her movements, and gave them diversity and novity. She neither possessed a striking wit, nor an uncommon understanding: however, her sallies were always pleasing; and her modesty, good-nature, and evenness of temper, spoke highly in her favour. As for her character, I might well say, she had none; it was, at least, impossible to discern it; for she accommodated herself with so much ease and simplicity to the individual disposition of those with whom she conversed, and adapted herself in so natural a manner to