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Consequently , about ten o'clock , M. de Camors wrote the following note : `` MADAME `` I can not leave without bidding you adieu , and once more demanding your forgiveness . `` Will you permit me ? `` CAMORS . '' This letter he was about despatching , when he received one containing the following words : `` I shall be happy , Monsieur , if you will call upon me to-day , about four o'clock . `` ELISE DE TECLE . '' Upon which M. de Camors threw his own note in the fire , as entirely superfluous . No matter what interpretation he put upon this note , it was an evident sign that love had triumphed and that virtue was defeated ; for , after what had passed the previous evening between Madame de Tecle and himself , there was only one course for a virtuous woman to take ; and that was never to see him again .