You will not do less I am sure for two poor girls who will be in need of counsel.

Let us understand each other.

When I am at home I shall receive you both with the greatest of pleasure, but when Felicie is here alone with Josette and Martha, I need not tell you that she ought to see no one, not even an old friend or the most devoted of relatives.

Under the circumstances in which we are placed, our conduct must be irreproachable.

We are vowed to toil and solitude for a long, long time." There was silence for some minutes.