No, no, she must break, break! They would go to Naples, to Palermo, to Africa if necessary! "A free-thinker?
Certainly.

And what about my liberty ?" Jeanne said without anger, simply reminding him of a right, but without the intention of taking advantage of it.

Carlino thought, on the contrary, that she intended taking advantage of it in the way he feared, and lost his head completely.

Jeanne grew faint as she listened to the abuse which this man poured forth with so much bitterness, this man whom she had known to be nervous, but had believed to be good and kind.

She spoke no word in reply, but withdrew to her own room, trembling violently.