If I bid him, he will resist your will even unto the bitter end.
He and I will never yield.

Believe me when I tell you, that before you attack a young girl's honor, you had better pause; for one day she will be a member of your family.

Farewell." Before the Duke could recover his senses, Diana was far down the path on her way homewards; and then he burst into a wild storm of menaces, oaths, and insults.

He fancied that he was alone, but he was mistaken; for the whole of that strange scene had a hidden witness, and that witness was Daumon.

He had heard of the treatment of the young Marquis from one of his servants at the Chateau, and his first thought had been to acquaint Diana with it.