Looking neither to the right nor to the left, he walked quietly and with dignity from the room.
There was a single laugh, rude and loud.

It came from D'Herouville.
The general silence which followed lasted several minutes.

The Chevalier's declaration had stunned them.

The governor was first to recover.

He rose again, quietly, though his eyes sparkled with anger.
"Monsieur de Leviston," he said, "you have wilfully broken and destroyed the peace and dignity of my household.