"Let me fight him and take them because I win." "No," she said, sadly.

"If you will not help me, as I wish, I must forego all aid, and suffer on." "You have but to command," he cried, "and I will obey." "This is the count's address," she said.

"Go into his rooms; you will find there an ivory casket; he keeps the letters there; he told me so." "I will do it," he said, quietly.
A beautiful light came into her eyes.
"I knew you would save me, Basil," she said, tenderly.

"When will you do it ?" "I will make my first essay tonight.

I shall not rest again until it is done." "Go to his rooms," she said; "ask for him; if they tell you he is not in, say you will wait for him; then, while you are in the room, open the casket, take out the letters, destroy them at once, and send word to me when it is done.