"Nell, do not go." Léon said, "Not yet, petit amoureux." He said again, having heard the strangeness in the boy's voice. "Please, Nell, I do not get enough time with you anymore, and I have missed you." He said, trying to coax the boy back. Never mind that Nell could be of further use, he had realised, but he had in truth missed him, yearned for him. "I will never, ever again ask you to betray the trust of your countrymen, Nell. But I would ask a favour of you. To help reunite a family, for Augustine. He must know his elder brother's feelings, if he is to pacify them at all. He does so wish to be back with his brother and father. His father is very ill, you see."