As he said, she had foreseen, she had known the answer.

But Tignonville, it seemed, had not.
He sprang to his feet.
"M.

de Tavannes," he cried, "you are a villain!" "Monsieur ?" "You are a villain! But you shall pay for this!" the young man continued vehemently.

"You shall not leave this room alive! You shall pay for this insult!" "Insult ?" Tavannes answered in apparent surprise; and then, as if comprehension broke upon him, "Ah! Monsieur mistakes me," he said, with a broad sweep of the hand.

"And Mademoiselle also, perhaps?
Oh! be content, she shall have bell, book, and candle; she shall be tied as tight as Holy Church can tie her! Or, if she please, and one survive, she shall have a priest of her own church--you call it a church?
She shall have whichever of the two will serve her better.