Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos De Laclos

Author:Pierre Choderlos De Laclos
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995-05-18T04:00:00+00:00

PART III

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Cécile Volanges to the Vicomte de Valmont 26 September 17—

I do very much enjoy getting letters from Monsieur the Chevalier Danceny and, like him, I certainly hope for us to be able to meet again without anyone being in a position to stop us, but I’m afraid, Monsieur, that I still don’t dare do what you suggest. In the first place, it’s too risky: it’s true that the key you want me to put on the mantelshelf in place of the other one certainly is quite like it, but they’re still not identical and my Mama really does look very closely and notices everything. In addition, although no one has yet used it since we’ve been here, it would only need for something unexpected to happen and if it comes out, then I’ll be ruined for ever. And then it seems to me too that it would be very wrong; surely making an extra key like that is going rather too far? It’s true that you’ve kindly offered to see to it but in spite of that, if it ever came out I would still be as much to blame and in the wrong because you would have done it for me. Anyway I’ve tried twice to see if I could take it and if it was something else it would be very simple but I don’t quite know why, I started to tremble and I’ve never managed to pluck up courage to do it. So I think we’d better go on the same way as before.

If you are still kind enough to help us as you have been doing up to now you will certainly always manage to find a way to let me have a letter. Even the last one would have been quite all right if you hadn’t unfortunately turned round at that particular moment. I certainly realize that you can’t spend your whole time thinking about it like me but I’d rather be patient and not take so many risks. I’m sure Monsieur Danceny would say the same because every time he wanted to do something that would have worried me he always agreed that we shouldn’t do it.

Together with this letter for you, Monsieur, I’m letting you have one for Monsieur Danceny and your key as well. I am still terribly grateful to you for all your kindness towards me and I do hope you can go on helping me. It’s certainly true that I’m very unhappy and without you I’d be even unhappier but after all, she is my mother and I shall have to go on being patient. And as long as Monsieur Danceny goes on loving me and you don’t abandon me, maybe better times will come.

With my sincerest thanks again, Monsieur, yours very truly and obediently, etc.

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