"A month hence I shall say as I do to-day.

'It is either he or no one.' And you shall choose." "Do not repeat that formula, I beg.

Fixed resolves are the prison-house of the will.

Promise me to reflect; reflection is an excellent thing.
One thing more--grant me in advance what I am going to ask you." "It is granted." "You have a godmother--" "Ah! now we are coming to the point," she added.
"You cannot deny that Mme.

De Lorcy is a woman of the world, a woman of good sense, a woman of experience, who is deeply interested in your welfare--" "And who has decided from time immemorial, that I can only be happy on condition that I marry her nephew, M.Camille Langis." "Well, I admit that she is partial.