31/64 He is a villain, Dorothy, and I will tell him as much in the most emphatic terms I have at my command." "Dare you speak against him or to him upon the subject!" she exclaimed, her eyes blazing with anger; "you--you asked for my confidence and I gave it. You said I might trust you and I did so, and now you show me that I am a fool indeed. Traitor!" "My dear cousin," said I, seeing that she spoke the truth in charging me with bad faith, "your secret is safe with me. I swear it by my knighthood. |