“You are very obliging.”
“Well—but do my conditions suit you?”
“Yes, if you have told me all.”
“I believe I have said all I wish to say now.”
“On your honor?”
“On my honor.”
“Very well.”
“Then that is settled; and here is the first month in advance.”
He held out the money, and, as she still seemed to hesitate a little, slipped it himself into her pocket.
Scarcely had he done so, when a knock at the door made Oliva run to the window. “Good God!” she cried; “escape quickly; here he is!”