28/30 I shall ask no more favors, expect no further information from you, for I have not earned it, and I can not pay. I will make no promise that I could not keep." "Then we part even!" "As enemies or friends ?" "I do not yet know. I can not think--for a long time. But I, too, am defeated." "I do not understand how Madam can be defeated in anything." "Ah, I am defeated only because I have won. I have your secret; you do not have mine. |