negotiations with the Paris publisher Prault, to whom she had been introduced by Jean-
Baptiste Suard, when her friendship with Constant began. From what we have seen of her
life until then, and of Constant’s, here at least Ma Vie cannot be accused of distortion or
exaggeration:
Her intelligence captivated me. We spent days and nights talking to
each other. She was very severe in her judgements on all those she
saw around her. I was by nature very given to mockery. We suited
each other perfectly.^76Benjamin constant 88