12/26 Fresnoy gave him the token he stole from me. And I told him the story of the velvet knot myself. This is a trap; and had I fallen into it, and gone to the Parvis to-morrow evening, I had never kept another assignation, my lad.' Simon looked thoughtful. Presently he said, with a crestfallen air, 'You were to go alone. The woman said that.' Though I knew well why he had suppressed this item, I forbore to blame him. |