I was ignorant of what the privy council was, and knew as little of politics as of social life; my sole ambition was to love Henriette better than Petrarch loved Laura.

我对什么是枢密院一无所知， 对政治和社会生活也一无所知； 我唯一的愿望就是爱亨丽埃特胜过彼特拉克爱劳拉。