I may never tell you anything more.

And you must not question me." Speechless he had stood, all the life of his soul burning like a fire in his eyes as he looked at her and listened to her, and now, quietly and unexcitedly, he said: "Marette, I am going to play this game as you want me to play it, because I love you.

It is only honest for me to tell you in words what you must already know.

And I am going to fight for you as long as there is a drop of blood in my body.

If I go with Jean Laselle's brigade, will you promise me--" His voice trembled.