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Madame de Maintenon was a woman who was always full of self-restraint / and of cool resource. She had risen in an instant, with an air as if / she had at last seen the welcome guest for whom she had pined in vain. / With a frank smile of greeting, she advanced with outstretched hand.
"This is indeed a pleasure," said she.