Dangerous Liaisons

02 September: Merteuil writes to Valmont. She tells Valmont about how Cécile went to confession, confessed everything about herself and Danceny, and now feels religious guilt and has broken with the chevalier. Danceny has tried to dissuade Cécile, to no avail. Valmont needs to work with him and make him more proactive and less hesitant. She will work on Cécile.

03 September: Valmont writes to Tourvel. He asks her how she could possibly forbid him the one outlet his has for his love and desire for her. What she asks is not only unjust but also severe. He portrays himself as a victim of youth and naïveté to explain his past affairs, not one of whom he ever loved. Meeting her changed everything in him.

03 September: Valmont writes to Merteuil. He has been with Danceny but could not convince him to divulge greater details about him and Cécile. They are going to Versailles the next day, and he will interrogate him more then.