“The advice is good, monsieur, and tomorrow I will set out.”
“Tomorrow! Any why not this evening?”
“This evening, monsieur, I am detained in Paris by indispensable business.”
“Ah, young man, young man, some flirtation or other. Take care, I repeat to you, take care. It is woman who has ruined us, still ruins us, and will ruin us, as long as the world stands. Take my advice and set out this evening.”
“Impossible, monsieur.”
“You have given your word, then?”
“Yes, monsieur.”
“Ah, that’s quite another thing; but promise me, if you should not be killed tonight, that you will go tomorrow.”
“I promise it.”
“Do you need money?”