I snatched the glass from him before his lips had touched it.

I flung it out into the courtyard, and, if you search, you will find its scattered fragments there still." "I am not sitting in judgment upon you; what you tell me to believe I am ready to accept." "Ah!" cried Norbert passionately, "he does not believe me; he thinks that I am guilty.

I swear to you by all that I hold most sacred in this world, that I am innocent of this deed." The attached servant shook his head with a melancholy air.
"Of course, of course," said he; "but it is for us two to save the honor of the house of Champdoce.

Should it happen that any suspicions should be aroused, put all the guilt upon my shoulders.

I will defend myself in a manner which will only fix the crime more firmly upon me.