Do not confide in me, for I know not whether I can respect your confidence.

Let us speak of other things.' The younger man stood for a moment in hesitancy, his cheeks aflame, his eyes fiercely gleaming.
'As you will,' he exclaimed, mastering himself.

'When the others are here, you will learn all that it concerns you to know.

Remember, Gordian, that I would have opened my heart to you, for, whatever I said, I know well that you are no betrayer.

As for that woman--' He was interrupted by the arrival of several persons, old and young, who appeared in answer to his summons.