Silence.
“Don’t deceive yourself, my girl. If you don’t pay, that is where he goes.”
Her voice had come back to her.
“I cannot help it. He must tell the truth.”
He started to his feet with a violent exclamation of rage.
“So you have no consideration for me? How can I ever show my face again in Tours? And Raoul! You mean him to grow up to be pointed at as the son of a man who has been in prison, all for the sake of a story which is only another lie! Yes, a lie! Do you tell me you believe it?”
“I know it.”
“Then you are a fool!” he cried, fiercely. “You will be telling me next that you still care for him.”
“Ah, do I not!” she cried, her steadfast eyes shining.
“Will you let me see him?” he exclaimed, imperiously.