"Urbain is there," said he, "the young stranger who asked to see me is Blanche's lover."
"I know it, seigneur, I recognized his voice and I listened."
"He comes to beg my help in discovering the abductor of her he loves."
"He could not better address himself."
"I almost felt ready to give him his sweetheart."
"What folly!"
"But Blanche's image is too deeply graven in my heart. However, I wish to try and indemnify poor Urbain for the evil which I have caused him; and the power of gold—"
"It is the remedy for all evils, seigneur."
"Yes, to a venial soul like yours; you have never known the sweetness of love."
"But it is necessary, seigneur, to get rid of this young man for a long time. What prevents you—by means of false advice—from sending him to England, to Turkey, to the devil even?"