29/49 But you'd better know the whole truth. It was a rag, and I was in it. But, of course, nobody had the smallest intention of hurting Radowitz." "No--only of persecuting and humiliating him!" cried Constance, her eyes filling with tears. "His hand!--oh, how horrible! If it were really injured, if it hindered his music--if it stopped it--it would just kill him!" "Very likely it is only a simple injury which will quickly heal," said Falloden coldly. "Sorell has taken him up to town this afternoon to see the best man he can get. |