Did these letters which you have just discovered prove that I had responded to M. Valenod's overtures, then it would be for you to kill me, I should have deserved it a hundred times, but not to show anger with him.
Quand ces lettres que vous venez de surprendre prouveraient que j’ai répondu à l’amour de M. Valenod, vous devriez me tuer, je l’aurais mérité cent fois, mais non pas lui témoigner de la colère.