The letters hint that Mlle. du Motel had confided some of her troubles to Galois, and this might have prompted him to provoke the duel himself on her behalf.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	2:det	Discourse=attribution-positive:55->56:0|Entity=(65-object-giv:act-cf4-2-coref
2	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	3:nsubj	Entity=65)
3	hint	hint	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	9:mark	Discourse=causal-cause:56->57:0
5	Mlle.	Mlle.	X	FW	Abbr=Yes	9	nsubj	9:nsubj	Entity=(77-abstract-new-cf7-17-disc(78-event-new-cf1-5-disc(66-person-giv:act-cf3-1,2,3-coref
6	du	du	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	5:flat	_
7	Motel	Motel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	5:flat	Entity=66)
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	9:aux	_
9	confided	confide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	3:ccomp	_
10	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	obj	9:obj	Entity=(79-abstract-new-cf6-1-sgl
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	13:case	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	13:nmod:poss	Entity=(66-person-giv:act-cf3-1-ana)
13	troubles	trouble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	10:nmod:of	Entity=79)
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	15:case	_
15	Galois	Galois	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	9:obl:to	Entity=(4-person-giv:act-cf2*-1-coref-Évariste_Galois)78)|SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	21:punct	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	21:cc	Discourse=elaboration-additional:57->37:1
18	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	nsubj	21:nsubj	Entity=(78-event-giv:act-cf1-1-coref)
19	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	21:aux	_
20	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	aux	21:aux	_
21	prompted	prompt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	3:conj:and	_
22	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	21:obj|24:nsubj:xsubj	Entity=(4-person-giv:act-cf2*-1-ana-Évariste_Galois)
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	24:mark	_
24	provoke	provoke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	21:xcomp	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	26:det	Entity=(51-event-giv:inact-cf5-2-coref
26	duel	duel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	24:obj	Entity=51)
27	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obl:npmod	24:obl:npmod	Entity=(4-person-giv:act-cf2*-1-ana-Évariste_Galois)
28	on	on	ADP	IN	_	30	case	30:case	_
29	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	30:nmod:poss	Entity=(66-person-giv:act-cf3-1-ana)
30	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	24:obl:on	Entity=77)|SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	3:punct	_
