"You think that I am craven enough to sacrifice her to save myself.

You--" "You were craven enough to draw back yesterday, when you stood at this window and waited for death!" Count Hannibal answered brutally.

"You flinched then, and may flinch again!" "Try me!" Tignonville retorted, trembling with passion.

"Try me!" And then, as the other stared at him and made no movement, "But you dare not!" he cried.

"You dare not!" "No ?" "No! For if I die you lose her!" Tignonville replied in a voice of triumph.