Yet, not so much because of that as because it was suddenly revealed to me as the easier course, did I determine to pursue it.

What thereafter might become of me I did not know, nor in that hour of my heart's agony did it seem to matter overmuch.
"There is much, mademoiselle, much, indeed, to hold me firmly at Lavedan," I pursued at last.

"But my--my obligations demand of me that I depart." "You mean the Cause," she cried.

"But, believe me, you can do nothing.
To sacrifice yourself cannot profit it.

Infinitely better you can serve the Duke by waiting until the time is ripe for another blow.