“And do you sometimes think of this woman?”
“Always.”
“Do you know what you ought to do now, if you wish to turn over a new leaf?”
“I know very well, my father spoke to me yesterday. And it is doubtless because I received his overtures coolly, that you are now returning to the same subject.”
“You are right, my child. If you would only marry, now that you are reasonable and settled in life.”
“Marry Geneviève de Trémont?”
“Yes. She is the wife your father and mother have always intended for you. It would give them great pleasure, if you would marry her.”
After a moment’s silence, Marcel said—
“When Mademoiselle Lichtenbach came to warn you that a snare had been set for me, was she excited?”
“Greatly excited.”