'I have an extraordinary means which I will not employ but in the last extremity to close your mouth, or at least to prevent anyone from believing a word you may utter.' "I mustered all my strength to reply to him with a burst of laughter.
"He saw that it was a merciless war between us--a war to the death.
"'Listen!' said he.

'I give you the rest of tonight and all day tomorrow.

Reflect: promise to be silent, and riches, consideration, even honor, shall surround you; threaten to speak, and I will condemn you to infamy.' "'You ?' cried I.'You ?' "'To interminable, ineffaceable infamy!' "'You ?' repeated I.Oh, I declare to you, Felton, I thought him mad! "'Yes, yes, I!' replied he.
"'Oh, leave me!' said I.'Begone, if you do not desire to see me dash my head against that wall before your eyes!' "'Very well, it is your own doing.

Till tomorrow evening, then!' "'Till tomorrow evening, then!' replied I, allowing myself to fall, and biting the carpet with rage." Felton leaned for support upon a piece of furniture; and Milady saw, with the joy of a demon, that his strength would fail him perhaps before the end of her recital..