'I remember,' she answered in the sweetest voice, raising her head.
'I was a devil. I took no rest, and gave my enemies none. Never a moment's truce! Now I am petrifying. I cannot make war now, I must wait for it; and this eternal brigandage makes my blood boil! How you fell upon the Minister that day, Sangiorgio! And you were Ministerial! Were you there that day, Angelica?'
'Yes, I was there.'
'And it is to you we owe it that I am Minister of Home Affairs,' said Vargas with emotion.
'Oh no!' murmured Sangiorgio, smiling.
'Yes, yes! The Prime Minister would never have had the courage to disavow his colleague openly. It surprises me, nevertheless, that he spoke of it to you; no one was aware of it—not even myself.'
'The Premier had told me nothing,' replied Sangiorgio deliberately.
'What! you knew nothing about it?'
'Nothing.'
'There was no understanding?'