[Cosmopolis by Paul Bourget]@TWC D-Link bookCosmopolis CHAPTER VII 47/60
"Catherine Steno is the cause of that duel? How ?" "Because she is my husband's mistress," replied Lydia, brutally; "because she has been your husband's, because Gorka came here, mad with jealousy, to provoke Lincoln, and because he met my brother, who prevented him from entering....
They quarrelled, I know not in what manner.
But I know the cause of the duel....
Am I right, yes or no, in telling you they are to fight about that woman ?" "My husband's mistress ?" cried Maud.
"You say Madame Steno has been my husband's mistress? It is not true.
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