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Pauvre Alban, si tu me voyais en ce moment, devant la maison vide de celle qui t'abandonne, tu croirais certainement que je triomphe, que je goûte ma vengeance contre toi, contre la destinée qui ne veut pas que je sois ton épouse. Tu te tromperais, va! En ce moment, il me semble remâcher toute l'amertume de l'existence, de la mienne, de la tienne. Je n'ai peut-être jamais été aussi triste qu'aujourd'hui. La semaine suivante, Alban décidait le départ. Monique avait hâte de quitter le pays où elle venait d'être blessée. Ils partirent, ramenant avec eux, comme un cadavre dangereux encore, cet amour mal tué. À la fin de la saison, le conseiller de l'ambassade d'Italie, prince Ascanio della Rovere, recevait pour la dernière fois. Il ouvrait ses salons du quartier Saint-Philippe à l'élite de la société parisienne et de la colonie transalpine qui semblaient avoir déroulé leurs plus jolies femmes. Le mélange des deux races, une splendide et l'autre exquise, donnait à la soirée un agrément délicieux. Cette floraison féminine, variée de France et d'Italie, symbolisait chaque pays, invitant aux comparaisons. Tandis que le prince, beau et ténébreux comme un portrait du Bronzino, causait avec quelques invités, qu'il dépassait de toute la tête, la princesse allait et venait à travers les groupes fleuris, parmi le chatoiement des toilettes et le frissonnement des aigrettes. Partout, on la complimentait sur l'éclat de sa fête ; elle souriait en réponse, avec une dignité patricienne et romaine. Elle se dirigea vers le fond de la pièce, où s'érigeait un immense piano drapé de brocarts vénitiens. Là, elle se tourna vers l'assistance comme le régisseur qui va faire une annonce au public. Et en effet, de sa belle voix grave, un airain musical, elle annonça que l'illustre