In the passage above, this is the breaking point where Rodolphe realizes that what is happening is not what he wants. He wants to have fun and live life without having unnecessary drama like what Emma has brought to him. The importance of this passage is that Rodolphe is very bored with Emma and is trying his best to write this letter in the nicest way that he can. His objective is to break things off with her completely. He says everything that he can in the letter to explain to her that she does not need to even come looking for him for a greater explanation. He even tells her that he has already left by the time she is reading the letter so it seems to her that she will not see him again. During this part of the section, Rodolphe pulls out
