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She stammered and stopped, with a sudden consciousness of what she was

doing

"What a fool I a to her feet "What fresh story can

you tell him that he is likely to believe?"

"I can tell hi to the law of nature and of reason, you

belong to ainstyour insult in your face"

The Baron rose and began to walk about the roo could be heard but the slight creaking of his

patent-leather boots Then he said: "In that case I should be coe him!" She repeated the words with scorn "Is it likely? Do

you forget that duelling is a crin, and expose yourself to penalties?"

"If a rievously in e hiht--it would be contrary to his principles," said

Roma

"In that event he will never be able to lift his head in Italy again

But make no mistake on that point,to marry is secretly the wife of another must

either believe it or he must not If he believes it, he casts her off

for ever If he does not believe it, he fights for her name and his own

honour If he does neither, he is not aher elbows on her knees

and gazing into the fire