Hear me: if we once meet, adieu to our mutual comprehension! Will you make a compact with me?
Was the first disadvantageous to you?
But remember it won you my esteem, and it is a great deal, my friend, to gain an admiration lined throughout with esteem.

Here is the compact: write me your life in a few words; then tell me what you do in Paris, day by day, with no reservations, and as if you were talking to some old friend.

Well, having done that, I will take a step myself--I will see you, I promise you that.

And it is a great deal.
This, dear, is no intrigue, no adventure; no gallantry, as you men say, can come of it, I warn you frankly.

It involves my life, and more than that,--something that causes me remorse for the many thoughts that fly to you in flocks--it involves my father's and my mother's life.