If I cannot be lover, Madame, I will be master.

And by this sign I will have you know it, daily, and daily remember it." She stared at him, her bosom rising and falling, in an astonishment too deep for words.

But he did not heed her.

He did not look at her again.
He had already turned to the door, and while she looked he passed through it, he closed it behind him.

And she was alone..