"Who made you take care of it?"
"He did."
"D'Aulnay?" Klussman uttered through his teeth.
"Yes; I don't like him."
"I like him!" said the savage Swiss.
"He is cruel," complained Marguerite, "and selfish."
The Swiss pressed his cheek to her soft cheek.
"I never was selfish and cruel to thee," he said, weakly.
"No, you never were."
"Then why," burst out the husband afresh, "did you leave me to follow that beast of prey?"