She was Mme.

de Montespan.
"Oh, no, madame!" she stammered.

"Here, at Aix, we are not in the spirit for such things." And then, in a voice of dread, Mme.

Dauvray asked: "Is it true, then, what Adele said ?" And Celia started violently.Mme.Dauvray doubted.
"I believe it would break my heart, my dear, if I were to think that; if I were to know that you had tricked me," she said, with a trembling voice.

Celia covered her face with her hands.