"Well, then," she resumed, "I am ready to devote my life to you.

You will deem me very romantic, but I have wrought out of our united poverty a very charming picture, I believe.

I am sure I should make an excellent wife for the husband I loved.

If you must leave France, as they tell me you must, I will follow you--I will be your brave and faithful helpmate.

Pardon me, one word more, Monsieur de Camors.