"You have a lover, traditrice?"

"No."

"You lie! I believe you not!"

Mrs. Belswin laughed, and made an attempt to go away.

"Sit in that chair, infamous!"

"I will not."

"Sit in that chair, I order."

"You order!"

"Yes, I, Stephano Ferrari."

She looked first at the Italian, then at the chair; and his aspect was so determined that, in order to avoid an unseemly struggle, she sat down as desired, with a shrug of the shoulders.