But Mlle.

Delhasse ?" But the old woman would not be hurried.

She asked again: "What concern have you, sir, with Marie Delhasse ?" I looked her in the face as I answered plainly: "To save her from the Duke of Saint-Maclou." "And from her own mother, sir ?" "Yes, above all from her own mother." The old woman started at my words; but there was no change in the level calm of her voice as she asked: "And why would you rescue her ?" "For the same reason that any gentleman would, if he could.

If you want more--" She held up her hand to silence me; but her look was gentler and her voice softer, as she said: "You, sir, cannot save, and I cannot save, those who will not let God himself save them." "What do you mean ?" I cried in a frenzy of fear and eagerness.
"I had prayed for her, and talked with her.

I thought I had seen grace in her.