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I shall, to the best of my ability, seek
to delineate the countess's person -
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- which, however, is all too nuanced
and rich in mysterious contrasts -
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- to be related in a few moments.
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Her power over men
is said to be of a singular quality.
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Countess Celimene de Francen
de la Tour de Casas.
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- Who plays the Countess?
- Miss Armfeldt, I believe.
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- Isn't her first name Desiree?
- It is.
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May I have the glasses?
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- Why did she look at us?
- I don't think she did.
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- She looked at us and smiled. Why?
- To acknowledge the applause.
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- How beautiful she is.
- It's just grease-paint.
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How do you know?
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We do all know that each man
has his dignity.
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Women can commit manifold sins
against husbands, lovers and sons -
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- excepting one: to offend their dignity.
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If we do so, we are silly, and will
have to take the consequences.
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Rather, we should make of
a man's dignity our foremost ally -
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- and caress it, soothe it,
talk fondly to it -
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- and treat it like our dearest toy.
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Only then do we have a man
in our hands, at our feet -
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- or wherever else we want him
at that particular moment.
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Do you believe this can be reconciled
with true and sincere love, madam?
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Do not forget, madam,
that love is a continuous game -
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- with three balls, the names of which
are: heart, words and loins.