PARIS, September 4, 1668.
Rise, count; I will not kill you while prostrate at my feet, and
take your sword to resume the combat. But it is better that I should
give you life, and that we should live in peace.[8] I exact but one
condition: that you own the thing as it has happened. This is a very
generous proceeding on my part; you can no longer call me a little
brute.
[8] Bussy and his cousin had frequent quarrels: the reason has
before been given. The new difference to which she alludes seems
to have been a slight one.