His letter, which I inclose with this, begged me, in the most serious terms, to keep you away on the following day, on some excuse or other, and to see your father, who wished to speak to me, and asked me particularly not to say anything to you about it.
"Cette lettre, que je joins à celle-ci, me priait, dans les terms les plus graves, de vous éloigner le lendemain sous un prétexte quelconque et de recevoir votre père; il avait à me parler et me recommandait surtout de ne vous rien dire de sa démarche.