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Excerpt from La Comtesse de Salisbury, Vol. 1
Pardon, sire, répondit le comte; mais vous me de mandez une chose à laquelle je ne saurais faire une ré pouse convenable. Depuis quelque temps mes yeux sont tellement éblouis par la splendeur d'un seul visage, mes oreilles sont tellement attentives a la mélodie d'une seule voix, que le comte Robert, tout petit - fils de roi qu'il est, fût - il passé devant moi en me disant lui-méme où il allait, je ne l'aurais probablement ni vu ni entendu. Mais atten dez, sire; car voici un jeune bachelier (l qui se penche sur mon épaule, et qui a probablement quelque chose-à me dire à ce sujet.
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Kelly presents seven levels through which we are able to experience intimacy, taking us from the first level 'The Intimacy of Cliché' to the seventh, 'The intimacy of Legitimate Needs.' Throughout he tracks our progression as we share more and more about ourselves with others, while safe-guarding us from mistakes that can be made at each stage.
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