For this reason the two parts afterwards formed of materials not prepared for the place in which they are disposed, are full of unmeaning expressions not found in the others.
In the midst of my reveries I had a visit from Madam d'Houdetot, the first she had ever made me, but which unfortunately was not the last, as will hereafter appear.

The Comtesse d'Houdetot was the daughter of the late M.de Bellegarde, a farmer-general, sister to M.d'Epinay, and Messieurs de Lalive and De la Briche, both of whom have since been introductors to ambassadors.

I have spoken of the acquaintance I made with her before she was married: since that event I had not seen her, except at the fetes at La Chevrette, with Madam d'Epinay, her sister-in-law.

Having frequently passed several days with her, both at La Chevrette and Epinay, I always thought her amiable, and that she seemed to be my well-wisher.

She was fond of walking with me; we were both good walkers, and the conversation between us was inexhaustible.