I am almost sorry that I never caught him in some disgraceful
infidelity. Discovery, confession, scenes, sighs, and tears! Who knows
but what it might have been a very good thing for us? The certainty of
his unceasing attentions to me was rather tame; and he did not gain much
by it in the long run, poor man.
The only time I ever remember to have felt jealous it was not a
pleasant sensation, although I am sure there were no real grounds for
it. It was brought about by his suggestion that we should invite Edith
to go to Monaco with us. Richard went as white as a sheet when I asked
him whether my society no longer sufficed for him....
I cannot understand how any grown-up man can take a girl of seventeen
seriously. They irritate me beyond measure.
* * * * *
Malthe has come back from Vienna, they tell me. I did not know he had
been to Vienna. I thought all this time he had been at Copenhagen.
It is strange how this news has upset me.
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