The outlaw might be taken by another, might be killed, might die, might--But there, Mademoiselle, we know what answer this person made.

He took the baser course, and on his honour, on his parole, with money supplied to him, he went free; free on the condition that he delivered up this other man.' I paused again, but I did not dare to look at her; and after a moment of silence I resumed.
'Some portion of the second half of the story you know, Mademoiselle; but not all.

Suffice it that this man came down to a remote village, and there at risk, but, Heaven knows, basely enough, found his way into his victim's home.

Once there, however, his heart began to fail him.

Had he found the house garrisoned by men, he might have pressed to his end with little remorse.