Twice you have saved my life and now, what is more to me than life, the emblem of my faith as a soldier, the honor of my regiment." "But why keep it, this Eagle, at all," asked the girl, "and run this risk ?" "It may be needed again." "But by whom ?" "The Emperor." "The name is forbid." "But the man is not." "Ah, you think he will return ?" "I do." "And when ?" "Mademoiselle has all my secrets.

I am in her power absolutely.

Why keep anything from her ?" "Why, indeed ?" assented the woman, thrilling to the acknowledgment of her power over the man she loved as any woman would.
"When the violets bloom again," said the young man, bowing.

"Now, mademoiselle, I am at your service," he resumed as she stared at him.
"At my service?
What do you mean ?" "You have caught me here in your room.

You have only to call out to summon assistance.