Situated as he was, of course he must run some risk.

And then, too, he had spoken of himself with a grain of truth when he had told the Duchess that he was not marrying for money.

Ferdinand Lopez was not an honest man or a good man.

He was a self-seeking, intriguing adventurer, who did not know honesty from dishonesty when he saw them together.

But he had at any rate this good about him, that he did love the girl whom he was about to marry.