The devil walks with him." "The devil is sometimes a useful confederate," her companion continued equably.

"You warned Immelan that it was in my mind to refuse his terms and to open my heart to the Englishwoman, and you seduced Sen Lu to carry your message.

Yet your judgment was at fault.

The hand of Immelan was stretched out against me, and me alone.

But for my knowledge of these things, I might have sat in the place of Sen Lu, who rightly died in my stead.