THE BASHFUL LOVER
Shyness is a failing for which it is
dangerous to reprove those whom we
wish to correct of it.
Maxims of LA ROCHEFOUCAULD.
[PART I: ] [I, ] [II, ] [III, ] [IV, ] [V, ] [VI, ] [VII, ] [VIII. ]
[PART II: ] [IX, ] [X, ] [XI, ] [XII, ] [XIII, ] [XIV, ] [XV, ] [XVI, ] [XVII. ]
[PART III: ] [XVIII, ] [XIX, ] [XX, ] [XXI, ] [XXII, ] [XXIII. ]
[PART IV: ] [XXIV, ] [XXV, ] [XXVI, ] [XXVII, ] [XXVIII, ] [XXIX.]
PART I
I
AN OLD YOUNG HUSBAND AND WIFE
It was the year 1818, I will not say of happy memory, because I do not remember whether that year was happier than other years; probably it was so to certain people, and just the opposite to others; and sometimes, often, I may say almost always, the same cause produces contrary results; that is to say, the thing that causes one person’s happiness causes the unhappiness of another person.