26/33 I love that lady from whom you have just parted, and you also love, or pretend to love, her. Nay, deny it not; I have seen all, even to your kisses. Well, she cannot belong to both of us, and I intend that in some future day she shall belong to me if arm and eye do not fail me now. Therefore one of us must die to-night." Marcus stepped back, overcome not with fear, but with astonishment. "Now, who would have thought that the noble Captain Marcus would shelter thus behind a woman's robe? |