as soon as I understood, which was by no means easy, the novelty of the idea, which had never once entered my… — Jean Jacques Rousseau

as soon as I understood, which was by no means easy, the novelty of the idea, which had never once entered my head all the time I had been living with her, it so completely took possession of me, that I was no longer in a state to pay attention to what she said to me. I only thought of her, and did not listen to her.

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