But I had given my promise.

A woman has but little to offer to her country; I have offered my pride, and I am a proud woman, Monsieur.

I am ashamed.

I am glad that you spoke, for it was becoming unbearable to throw myself at a man whose heart I knew intuitively to be elsewhere." She raised her eyes, which were filled with a strange luster.

"Will you forgive me, Monsieur ?" "With all my heart.