"Yes, Herr," she responded calmly.
He was overwhelmed with disgust.
"How much was it? Your bribe?"
"I don't know, Herr."
"What! You mean to say you did not stipulate for a certain sum beforehand?
"She seemed unable to comprehend.
"My father took it all away from me," she answered. "He said it was the wages of sin. It was a whole big handful of gold. I know that."
He looked at her in amazement.
The fine head, with its wealth of wild hair clustering on her neck, was humbly bent. She appeared not to have the slightest perception of the scorn she had aroused in him; or was she so used to it that she took his contempt as a matter of course?
"What were you doing at the Castle when the French were quartered there?"