‘And that Suzanne, the sister of my cousin the vicomte, must choose between Monsieur Charvill and her brother. “I suppose all life is an affair of chances. “Why destroy me, child? There are so many secrets I 231 could tell you. I like you very much, I haven’t known you enough to love you, no matter how worthy you are of love. The boy would never know just how lucky he was. 8.