If he were minded to betray you, why did he not do so to-day, when they offered him his liberty in exchange for information that would lead to your recapture ?" "But although he may have refused to-day," returned the Vicomte frenziedly, "he may think better of it to-morrow-perhaps even tonight.
Ciel! Think of the risk we run; already it may be too late.

Oh, why," he demanded reproachfully, "why didn't you listen to me when, days ago, I counselled flight ?" "Because it neither was, nor is, my intention to fly." "What ?" he cried, and, his jaw fallen and his eyes wide, he regarded her.

Then suddenly he caught her by the arm and shook her roughly.

"Are you mad ?" he cried, in a frenzy of anger and fear.

"Am I to die like a dog that a scum of a Republican may save his miserable neck?
Is this canaille of a revolutionist to betray me to his rabble Tribunal ?" "Already have I told you that you need fear no betrayal." "Need I not ?" he sneered.