He would send her word--aye, and proof--that he had taken him captive, and it should be hers to choose whether she would come to his rescue and humble herself to save him or leave him to his fate.

In that hour it seemed all one to La Boulaye which course she followed, since by either, he reasoned, she must be brought to suffer.

That he loved her was with him now a matter that had sunk into comparative insignificance.

The sentiment that ruled his mind was anger, with its natural concomitant--the desire to punish.
And when morning came the Deputy's view of the situation was still unchanged.

He was astir at an early hour, and without so much as waiting to break his fast, he bade Garin bring in the prisoners.