12/31 But she felt herself strong, and she wished she had with her those proofs which would make her case good. She was so sanguine by nature that she was willing to carry the fight to the end, and to take her chance for the result. "I have spoken the truth--if he denies it I can prove it. If I were you I would spare him the humiliation--" A servant entered the room in answer to the bell, and Corona interrupted Donna Tullia's speech by giving the man her orders. Take the carriage--it is waiting below." The man disappeared, and Corona quietly resumed her seat. |