"You can?"
"Yes, I think so."
She clasped her hands with a gesture of entreaty.
"Oh, if you only could," she cried passionately, "I would not then be forced to marry Vassalla!"
"That is one of my reasons for trying to save her," he said. "I do not want you to sacrifice yourself in this way--but we must not talk, we must act"; and he struck the bell on the table.
"What would you do?" she asked.
"You must tell my friend Foster all you know about your sister's marriage; he is a lawyer, and will find a way out of this dilemma."
The servant appeared.
"Tell Mr. Foster to come here."
The servant disappeared.