Good-bye, Mr.Draconmeyer.I don't blame you.

On the whole, perhaps, you have behaved quite well.

I think that you have chosen to behave well because that wonderful brain of yours told you that it gave you the best chance.

That doesn't really matter, though." He took a quick, almost a threatening step towards her.

His face was dark with all the passions which had preyed upon the man.
"There is a man's last resource," he muttered thickly.
"And there is a woman's answer to it," she replied, her finger suddenly resting upon an unsuspected bell in the wall.
They both heard its summons.