6/24 You are not standing before a French court to haggle over trifles, and dispute about your rights. Bah! you have no rights; you live from day to day merely by my whim. The red-headed man tarries where he is as long as it remains my pleasure; while as to yon dainty creature, she shall meet no harm. Forsooth, it will not greatly hurt her to be beyond your sight for a space." "Does she bide with you ?" "If I so will it, yes; if not, no. Who are you, hunter, to dare question Naladi after she bids you cease ?" she exclaimed, her cheeks crimsoning. |