In addition, an impudence, sangfroid, a sharp mind, a lively intelligence that made my head spin …' There are women who savor this feeling of plenitude and joyful excitement only in the first moments of a liaison; if a lover does not give them instant pleasure and this frequently happens the first time as the partners are intimidated and ill adapted to each other they feel resentment and disgust toward him; these 'Messalinas' have multiple affairs and leave one lover after another.