On the other hand, should you deceive me'-- he smiled still more subtly, but his voice sank to a purring note--'I will break you on the wheel like the ruined gamester you are!' I met his look without quailing.

'So be it!' I said recklessly.

'If I do not bring M.de Cocheforet to Paris, you may do that to me, and more also!' 'It is a bargain!' he answered slowly.

'I think that you will be faithful.

For money, here are a hundred crowns.