In God's name, girl, bethink you that we have not a moment to lose.

I know these Republicans, and how far they are to be trusted.

This fellow would betray me to save his skin with as little compunction as--" "You fool!" she broke in, an undercurrent of fierce indignation vibrating through her scorn.

"What are you saying?
He would betray you?
He ?" She tossed her arms to Heaven, and burst into a laugh of infinite derision.

"Have no fear of that, M.le Vicomte, for you are dealing with a nature of a nobility that you cannot so much as surmise.