"Who? This girl?"
"Yes; and all on your account."
"On mine?"
"Hark ye, Martial!" Then interrupting her proposed speech, La Louve continued, "No, no; I never, never can—"
"What?"
"I had a request to make to you, and for that purpose I came hither; because when I quitted Paris I knew nothing of your danger."
"Then speak,—pray do!"
"I dare not."
"Dare not,—after all you have done for me?"
"No; for then it would appear as though I claimed a right to be rewarded."