"She will say such horrid things of us to Edward!"
"Let her!"
"You will have a dreadful scene with Edward!"
"So long as I have you----"
"And when you have me----"
"Carla!"
"Hush! Swear to me that when we get back you will declare our engagement in the presence of the Baroness, of Elsa, and of Signor Giraldi, and that this day month we shall be man and wife!"
"Does it need an oath?"
"I will have an oath."
She caught his hand and pressed it to her bosom.