A day will come when I shall win the prize of all my trouble.' Well, Micheline, the day has come; here I am, returned, and I ask for my reward.

Is it what I had a right to expect?
While I was running after glory, another, more practical and better advised, stole your heart.

My happiness is destroyed.

You did well to forget me.
The fool who goes so far away from his betrothed does not deserve her faithfulness.

He is cold, indifferent, he does not know how to love!" These vehement utterances troubled Micheline deeply.