"'Nor will I,' she said, 'from the rising of to-morrow's sun.'
"'I shall do nothing to woo you from that resolve. But you bear my name, and to some extent my honour is still in your keeping.'
"'Have you, then,' she asked, 'any commands to give me?'
"'It will depend,' he replied, 'upon what I hear from you. So far as my honour is concerned I intend to exercise control over you; no farther.'
"'Your honour is safe with me, as it has always been."
"'I will not debate the point with you. You say that you have decided on your course, and that no arguments of mine will turn you from it.'
"'Yes; my course is decided. Am I free to go from your house?'
"'You are not free to go. Only one thing shall part us--death!'
"'We have a child,' she said, and her voice, for that moment, insensibly softened.
"'Is he asleep?'