"How dare you say such a thing to me?
How dare you ?" He came nearer to her.
"Listen!" he said.

"It is deliverance that I am offering you.

I ask nothing at all in return, simply to make you happy, and to teach you the blessed magic which now you scorn.

Faith! It's the greatest game in the world, Lady Una; and it only takes two players, dear, only two players!" There was a subtle, caressing quality in his voice.

His masked face was bending close to hers.