Les Liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons) Part 3, Letters 91-95 Summary

Letter 91: The Vicomte de Valmont to the Présidente de Tourvel

  • Turning her words against her, Valmont argues that they should be open and honest with each other about their full feelings.
  • He wants her love, not her gratitude for going away.
  • He feels accused and judged by her, when all he's done is to be submissive and respectful.

Letter 92: The Chevalier Danceny to the Vicomte de Valmont

  • Danceny's worried sick that Cécile no longer loves him.
  • He begs Valmont for every single detail he knows about her feelings for him.
  • He asks Valmont's advice and puts everything into his hands.
  • He apologizes for Cécile's lack of cooperation and thanks Valmont for his invaluable help.

Letter 93: The Chevalier Danceny to Cécile de Volanges

  • Danceny gives Valmont a letter for Cécile in which he expresses his despair that she hasn't gone along with Valmont's sure-fire plan to help them meet.
  • He begs for reassurance that she still loves him. If not, he'll just die.
  • He can't understand why she hasn't responded to him and he begs her to save him from a life of grief.
  • He ends the letter with another bout of "you don't love me/but you must still love me!"
  • He's all over the place, crazy for love.

Letter 94: Cécile de Volanges to the Chevalier Danceny

  • Cécile doesn't like being called a liar. She wonders what Valmont has been telling him that he thinks she doesn't love him.
  • She says she'd been afraid to get a key for Valmont because she didn't want to get in trouble with her mother.
  • She also doesn't like Danceny's siding with Valmont without first hearing her side of the story.
  • If they're unhappy, she says, it won't be her fault.
  • She tells him to just calm down already.

Letter 95: Cécile de Volanges to the Vicomte de Valmont

  • Cécile tells Valmont that she'll go through with the plan to get him the key.
  • She's a little perturbed, however, that Valmont apparently suggested to Danceny that she no longer loves him.
  • She asks Valmont to please use the key to deliver her letters to Danceny so he won't have to worry that she doesn't love him.
  • She apologizes for her earlier fears about the key.