When you tire of the sport, come to me, pretend to tease me, and then turn and run away.
I will give chase, and under cover of this diversion you will slip out of the room, and return to your own apartments by the same way you came, while I continue the hunt and summon all present to aid me in finding my mysterious guest." Such was the speaker's influence over Blanka, that the latter could not give her a refusal.

Accordingly, when the two parted, it was with the understanding that they were soon to see each other again at the marchioness's masquerade..