I swear to take such revenge on him as shall bring the name of Arleigh low indeed." And that vow she intended to keep.
"If ever I forget what has passed here," she said to herself, "may Heaven forget me!" To her servants she had never seemed colder or haughtier than on this night, when she kept them waiting while she registered her vow.
What shape was her vengeance to take?
"I shall find out," she thought; "it will come in time.".