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All these arrangements gave birth to new and lovely desires, made one dream of all voluptuous things; it was Oriental, luxurious, poetic. There seemed to be all the mysteries of the harem, all the most secret delights of the East, and an ineffable charm and langourous ease.
FANNY
How lovely it must have been to be able to pass a night there with a beloved companion!
GAMIANI
Yes, surely, Cupid would have made it his own temple, if it had not been transformed every night into a rough and brutal knocking shop.
FANNY
What do you mean?
GAMIANI
As soon as it struck twelve, the nuns filed in, dressed only in a short black tunic that
