—`You are surrounded by people who want to please you. I release you from your promises, I release you from your vows. Find the suitor that is most agreeable to you; accept him. I beg of you…´ `Oh Tanié! If you so desire…´
—No need to pantomime Madame Reymer. I get it…
—`As I leave, all I ask is that you not commit yourself to anything that might stand between us permanently. Promise me, my beautiful friend. Whatever country on earth I find myself in, you will know something terrible has befallen me if a year goes by without my bearing you witness of my tender attachment. Do not cry…´
—Women can cry on command.
—`…and do not fight against plans that are in the end inspired by the reproaches of my heart and from which they would not keep me.´ And just like that Tanié left for Saint-Domingue.
—And just in time, for Madame Reymer as for himself.
—How would you know?
—I know as well as anyone that when Tanié advised her to make a choice she made it.
—Well done!
—Continue your narration.