Her face had changed its expression; it was hard and determined.
"Really," continued Cayrol, "you would make a saint lose patience.

Come, answer me, what does this attitude mean ?" The young wife remained silent.

She felt she could not argue any longer, and seeing no way out of her trouble, felt quite discouraged.

Still she would not yield.

She shuddered at the very idea of belonging to this man; she had never thought of the issue of this brutal and vulgar adventure.