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The young woman saw him, she was curious. It was a man who did not show , he had long black hair. She was captivated and the young man quickly realized.

--Greetings I bring countess. My eyes are rapt with so much beauty. We come in humility. In principle to see closely a whole legend... castrator of warriors, humiliator of kings.

The countess trembled. He did not hide his intentions. He was coming down the middle of the corridor, showing himself. Clinging to the armchair she held on. She felt things she had never felt before. It was perhaps a strange sorcery that this enemy brought. The Englishman smiled lowly to himself. His mistress was under the impact of a scoundrel. It would not be he who would stand in the way. He wasn't sure how pure his feelings were to get into the matter as a third party.