“No. If Savin confesses that he struck you, that will suffice.”
“Then he will confess it, for he desires a separation quite as much as I do.”
“Very well. Have you any money?”
“Why? Do I need much?”
“Certainly.”
“What! must I be subjected to insult, maltreatment, and abuse because I have no money?”
“Alas!”
“Mon Dieu! And then the world is astonished because a man is tempted to kill his wife or a woman to——”
“Say no more, Catherine. The words may cost you dear.”
“But how unreasonable!”