“And I as a dutiful son, as they choose that I shall be descended from you.”
“Whom do you mean by they?”
“Ma foi, I can hardly tell, but I was alluding to those who wrote the letter; you received one, did you not?”
“Yes.”
“From whom?”
“From a certain Abbé Busoni.”
“Have you any knowledge of him?”
“No, I have never seen him.”
“What did he say in the letter?”
“You will promise not to betray me?”