distinction,were
a mixture
of the
worst army
tone,the
habits of
his
province,and
his own
insufficient
education.How
could she
love
Diard,she,a
young girl
all grace
and
elegance,born
with an
invincible
instinct
for luxury
and good
taste,her
very
nature
tending
toward the
sphere of
the higher
social
classes?As
for
esteeming
him,she
rejected
the very
thought
precisely
because he
had
married
her. This
repulsion
was
natural.Woman
is a
saintly
and noble
creature,but
