'Does any one say that I have done anything to bring him to me?
If so, it is false, whoever says it.

I have done nothing.

He has gone away, and let him stay.
I shall not send for him.

Uncle Michel need not be afraid of me, because of George.' By this time Marie was speaking almost in a fury of passion, and her aunt was almost subdued by her.

'Nobody is afraid of you, Marie,' she said.
'Nobody need be.