32/106 I rely upon what you confide in me. But the world is the world, and you will not escape its remarks." "It is precisely for that reason that I ask absolute discretion of you," replied Florent, "and for that reason that I have come to ask you to serve me as a second.... There is no one in whom I trust as implicitly as I do in you.... It is the only excuse for my step." "I thank you," said Dorsenne. |