This declaration is not dictated by passion; it comes from an inward certainty which involves the whole of life.

A foolish infatuation for my young aunt, Madame de Kergarouet, was the cause of my going to prison; will you not regard as a proof of my sincere love the total disappearance of those wishes, of that image, now effaced from my heart by yours?
No sooner did I see you, asleep and so engaging in your childlike slumber at Bouron, than you occupied my soul as a queen takes possession of her empire.

I will have no other wife than you.

You have every qualification I desire in her who is to bear my name.

The education you have received and the dignity of your own mind, place you on the level of the highest positions.