For as she bent over him--she saw.

She saw for the first time; for the first time knew! A look of horrified amazement, of shrinking anguish, crossed over her face.

He felt the lightning-like silence, he knew that she had seen; he struggled to his feet, staring fiercely at her.
That one torturing instant had taken all the colour from her face, but there was a strange brightness in her eyes, a new power in her bearing.
She gently forced him into the seat again.
"You are not strong enough, Louis.

You must be tranquil." She turned now to the Governor.

He made a sign to his suite, who, bowing, slowly left the room.