To-morrow night, then, we are to depart secretly.
So as to be sure of no mistakes, let me set down what I have arranged to do.
Send relays of horses before me as far as ——, across the country, so as to leave no traces; it is twenty-five leagues shorter.
Take the mail coach at ——, and in thirty hours we will be at the frontier.
Once outside of France, and the first noise of our elopement calmed, we will wait to see what happens. Perhaps we will return, perhaps Belmont will be arrested.
DOUX REPOS, September, 18—.
You have asked me, Marie, to tell you the story of my whole life.
We have broken off all connection with the world.
Retired from society, here in this peaceful and charming abode, we have been living for two years with our dear child, and ineffably happy.
You have been my angel, my saviour, my god, my love, my only treasure, because you possess all the riches of heart, mind, and soul.