Iaskedhim（thisbeingamatteressentialtomyplan）whetheranyofthegentlemenhadchildren。Hesaidhecouldnotanswermewithcertaintyastoall，butasforM。deT————，oneoftheprincipaldirectors，heknewthathehadasonoldenoughtobemarried，andwhohadcomeseveraltimestotheHospitalwithhisfather。Thiswasenoughformypurpose。
\"Iimmediatelyputanendtoourinterview，and，inreturning，I
toldLescautoftheplanIhadformed。`Ihavetakenit，’saidI，`intomyhead，thatM。deT————，theson，whoisrichandofgoodfamily，musthavethesametasteforpleasurethatotheryoungmenofhisagegenerallyhave。Hecouldhardlybesobadafriendtothefairsex，norsoabsurdastorefusehisservicesinanaffairoflove。IhavearrangedaplanforinterestinghiminfavourofManon。Ifheisamanoffeelingandofrightmind，hewillgiveushisassistancefromgenerosity。Ifheisnottobetouchedbyamotiveofthiskind，hewillatleastdosomethingforahandsomegirl，ifitwereonlywiththehopeofhereaftersharingherfavours。Iwillnotdeferseeinghim，’
addedI，`beyondtomorrow。Ireallyfeelsoelatedbythisproject，thatIderivefromitagoodomen。’
\"Lescauthimselfallowedthattheideawasnotunreasonable，andthatwemightfairlyentertainahopeofturningittoaccount。