"The Emperor."
"The name is forbid."
"But the man is not."
"Ah, you think he will return?"
"I do."
"And when?"
"Mademoiselle has all my secrets. I am in her power absolutely. Why keep anything from her?"
"Why, indeed?" assented the woman, thrilling to the acknowledgment of her power over the man she loved as any woman would.
"When the violets bloom again," said the young man, bowing. "Now, mademoiselle, I am at your service," he resumed as she stared at him.
"At my service? What do you mean?"