He continued, in a voice softened by affection: "Whatever they have told you, whatever you have read, I swear to you, you do not know all." "I know enough," interrupted Maud, "since I know that you have been the lover of that woman, of the mother of my intimate friend, at my side, under my very eyes....

If you had suffered by that deception, as you say, you would not have waited to avow all to me until I held in my hands the undeniable proof of your infamy....

You have cast aside the mask, or, rather, I have wrested it from you....

I desire no more....

As for the details of the shameful story, spare me them.