"You mean that Englishman?"
"I do not love—I mean the Marquis, my uncle."
"It does not," said the young man, noting with throbbing heart the broken sentence.
"Then I give my promise. Speak."
"I came here to conceal something, mademoiselle."
"What?"
"An emblem."
"Yours?"
"The Emperor's."
"You mean——"