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As the exertion of power is for the , so the exercise

of that which a woman possesses over a man is especially pleasant When

in addition a risk of no ordinary kind has been run, and the happy issue

has been barely expected--above all when the ury of final victory--it is i akin to

exultation should not arise in the mind, however black the horizon, and

however distant the fair haven

The situation in which Count Hannibal left Mademoiselle de Vrillac will

be remembered She had prevailed over him; but in return he had bowed

her to the earth, partly by subtle threats, and partly by sheer savagery

He had left her weeping, with the words "Mada doo onward to an

inevitable future Had she abandoned hope, it would have been natural

But the girl was of a spirit not long nor easily cowed; and Tavannes had

not left her half an hour before the reflection, that so far the honours

of the day were hers, rose up to console her In spite of his power and

her impotence, she had imposed her will upon his; she had established an

influence over him, she had discovered a scruple which stayed him, and a

liht escape;