Realmente lo hizo usted muy bien. Me sorprendió por completo. Hasta la alarma de incendio no concebí la menor sospecha. Pero entonces, cuando descubrí cómo me había traicionado yo misma, empecé a pensar. Ya me habían prevenido contra usted desde hacía meses. Me habían dicho que si el rey empleaba un agente, ése sería usted. Y me dieron su dirección. Sin embargo, a pesar de todo esto, me hizo revelarle lo que quería saber. Aun después de concebir sospechas, encontré difícil desconfiar de un sacerdote tan gentil y anciano. Pero, como usted sabe, yo misma he estudiado el arte de la representación. El disfraz masculino no es nada nuevo para mí. Con frecuencia me aprovecho de la libertad que da. Envié a John, el cochero, a vigilarlo, corrí escaleras arriba, me puse mi traje especial de paseo, como llamo a mi disfraz, y bajé en el momento en que usted se marchaba.
—You really did it very well. You took me in completely. Until after the alarm of fire, I had not a suspicion. But then, when I found how I had betrayed myself, I began to think. I had been warned against you months ago. I had been told that, if the King employed an agent, it would certainly be you. And your address had been given me. Yet, with all this, you made me reveal what you wanted to know. Even after I became suspicious, I found it hard to think evil of such a dear, kind old clergyman. But, you know, I have been trained as an actress myself. Male costume is nothing new to me. I often take advantage of the freedom which it gives. I sent John, the coachman, to watch you, ran upstairs, got into my walking clothes, as I call them, and came down just as you departed.