Take courage; be the guardian angel of the Claes.

Be firm,--I dare not say be pitiless; but to repair the evil already done you must keep some means at hand.

On the day when you read this letter, regard yourself as ruined already, for nothing will stay the fury of that passion which has torn all things from me.
My child, remember this: the truest love is to forget your heart.
Even though you be forced to deceive your father, your dissimulation will be blessed; your actions, however blamable they may seem, will be heroic if taken to protect the family.

The virtuous Monsieur de Solis tells me so; and no conscience was ever purer or more enlightened than his.

I could never have had the courage to speak these words to you, even with my dying breath.
And yet, my daughter, be respectful, be kind in the dreadful struggle.