For a moment the woman stood--not the first woman to stand thus--between two fears.

Then she turned to Steinmetz.

The victory was his--the greatest he had ever torn from the grasp of Claude de Chauxville.
"You know," she said, "that this man has me in his power." "You alone.

But not both of us together," answered Steinmetz.
De Chauxville looked uneasy.

He gave a careless little laugh.
"My good Steinmetz, you allow your imagination to run away with you.