Camors stared at her, showed her to a divan, and took a chair facing her.
"You know very little of me, cousin," she continued, "but I am frank and courageous.

I will come at once to the object that brings me here.

Is it true that you are ruined ?" "Why do you ask, Mademoiselle ?" "You always have been very good to me--you only.

I am very grateful to you; and I also--" She stopped, dropped her eyes, and a bright flush suffused her cheeks.

Then she bent her head, smiling like one who has regained courage under difficulty.