“But what could I do in Paris in summer time?⁠—I love her, Mr. Astley! Surely you know that?”

“Indeed? I am sure that you do not . Moreover, if you were to stay here, you would lose everything that you possess, and have nothing left with which to pay your expenses in Paris. Well, goodbye now. I feel sure that today will see you gone from here.”

“Goodbye. But I am not going to Paris. Likewise⁠—pardon me⁠—what is to become of this family? I mean that the affair of the General and Mlle. Polina will soon be all over the town.”