Giacomo Casanova [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… introduced him at court. Another letter of introduction was handed to Lady Harrington, a famous socialite in whose salon he met scores of other ladies. There, he entertained the company for almost one hour with his first impressions of … the greatest evidence that I found her perfectly to my taste’ (III, 31). A couple of weeks later, he ran into her in a salon and, noticing that she acted as if she didn’t recognize him, reminded her of their encounter, to which she replied …
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