24/26 "Behold what damaging things I have intrusted to you. You can ruin me by the droop of an eyelash." "I should have told you at first who I am," she said finally. "I will not betray what you told me in ignorance--" "But Amaryllis told me this before you came." "Nevertheless, tell me no more; if I must be a partizan, I shall be a partizan to my husband." "There is nothing for you here, clinging to this man," he continued persuasively. "This woman brought him a great dowry. She is ambitious and therefore jealous. |