"Was the tone of my last letters unconsciously impassioned? My thoughts fly to her like arrows, and do they not strike her heart?"
"Paris, October 15th: I have returned to Paris to make some historical researches without which I could not go on with my books. I left my wife and children at Grenoble; they will join me in the beginning of November.
"No, I came back to see her, and I see her every day at the same hour in the evening."
"October 18th: We have had our first discussion. She had heard during the day of the remarriage of a friend in England who had divorced her husband.
"'Has she children?' I asked.
"'Yes, why?'
"'Because I believe children make marriage indissoluble.'
"Surprised, she asked me:
"'Is that a religious conviction?'
"'I have no religion. Catholicism, moreover, does not permit divorce under any circumstances. There are other reasons.'