Not only had he yielded, but he had drawn his ally into his defeat.
"Your encouragements come too late," said he.

"Micheline asked me to give her back her promise, and I gave it to her." "You were so weak as that!" cried Madame Desvarennes.

"And she had so much boldness?
Does she dote on him so?
I suspected her plans, and I hastened to warn you.

But all is not lost.

You have given Micheline back her promise.