It was not difficult to conquer, as she had hitherto done, men prompt to let themselves be seduced, and whom the gallant education of a court led quickly into her net. Milady was handsome enough not to find much resistance on the part of the flesh, and she was sufficiently skillful to prevail over all the obstacles of the mind.
Het was niet moeilijk mannen te overwinnen, zooals zij zulks tot hiertoe had gedaan, die gemakkelijk te verleiden waren, en wier loszinnige hofopvoeding hen spoedig in den strik deed vallen; milady’s schoonheid verrukte de zinnen, terwijl zij daarbij listig genoeg was al haar zielsgebreken te verbergen.