Subtle, intellectual, isn't it ?" Then, lifting her hair and uncovering her animated features, she said: "I'll show you how I do it." Suddenly transfigured, seeming of greater stature, she spoke the words with an air of ingenuous dignity and serene innocence: "No, sir, I do not fear you.

Why should I fear you?
You thought to ensnare me, and you have placed yourself at my mercy.

You are a man of honour.

Now that I am under the shelter of your roof, you shall tell me what you told Chevalier d'Amberre, your enemy, when he entered that gate.

You shall tell me: 'You are in your own house; I am yours to command.'" She had the mysterious gift of changing her soul and her very face.
Ligny was under the spell of this beautiful illusion.
"You are marvellous!" "Listen, pussy-cat.