This man was ready to murder me." "Listen, Lambernier," said he, "I was wrong to strike you, and I would like to atone for it.

I have been told that you were sent away from the chateau against your will.

I am intimate enough with Monsieur de Bergenheim to be useful to you; do you wish me to speak to him for you ?" The carpenter stood motionless in his place, with his eyes fixed upon his adversary while the latter was preparing his horse to mount, eyes which seemed filled with hatred to their very depths.

His face suddenly changed its expression and became abjectly polite when he heard himself addressed anew.

He shook his head two or three times before replying.
"Unless you are the very devil," he said, "I defy you to make this gentleman say yes when he has once said no.