"Yes—now. There is no good in delay."
He got up, frowning, his face anxious but resolute. "No; this is my affair. You have done enough mischief. Send him to me. I'll tell him."
"I will not have violence in my house."
He came close to me and stared into my eyes. "Do you know what Colonel Katona can do in this?"
"I know he has sworn to have the life of the man who has wronged his child."
He waved this aside with a shake of the head and a toss of the hand. "Is that all you know?"
"Yes—but it is enough."
"I will tell him myself. Not alone if you say so. Karl can hear it too."
"You had better go to them. You will of course tell him everything. If you do not, I shall."
"You don't understand. This is beyond you now. I shall tell him one thing which you have been too prejudiced and blind to see—that Gareth is already my wife, legally—as you like to insist."