He went and bought an enormous Bible from a Protestant bookseller, skilfully concealed Mathilde's letter in the boards, had it packed up with his own letter, and his parcel went off by the mail, addressed to one of Fouque's workmen, whose name was unknown to anybody in Paris.
Il alla acheter une énorme Bible chez un libraire protestant, cacha fort adroitement la lettre de Mathilde dans la couverture, fit emballer le tout, et son paquet partit par la diligence, adressé à un des ouvriers de Fouqué, dont personne à Paris ne savait le nom.