"It seemed to me that my deception would not cause any harm, and that I might be useful in spite of it--enough to earn my living.

It was on account of my being very poor; and there are two little children I must take care of .-- Well, at least, it is over now.

I have had great shame, but I must not have greater." "What do you mean ?" he asked me rather sharply.
"I will leave immediately," I said, going to the door.

"Since I am no more than a joke, I can be of no service to your father or to you; but you must not think that I am so unreasonable as to be angry with you.

A man whom you have beheld reduced to what I was, at the Cafe' de la Paix, is surely a joke to the whole world! I will write to your father before I leave the hotel and explain that I feel myself unqualified--" "You're going to write to him why you give it up!" he exclaimed.
"I shall make no report of espionage," I answered, with, perhaps, some bitterness, "and I will leave the letter for you to read and to send, of yourself.