"Hast thou played this game before?" Marius asked.
"Ay," she murmured, like a child brought to task, and tried again to release herself as though to escape punishment.
"With a man didst thou play it?"
"Ay, with a man."
"What man?"
She ceased her futile efforts to escape, and wrung her hands helplessly.
"I will not tell! He said that if my lord father knew it he would be displeased!" she wept.
"I think it likely that he would," said Marius, grimly. "But to tell me would not be telling him. It may be that I can help thee. There, never cry like that! Am I not thy friend?"
"I know not!" she sobbed. "Oh, I am frightened! Let me go, I pray thee!"
"Tell me first!" Marius persisted. He cast a hasty glance around. "Quick, for we shall not be alone much longer. Tell me, I say!"