"'A woman doesn't talk to her gaoler.'
"He protested briskly:
"'But, dash it all, you're not in prison!'
"'Can I leave the château?'
"'You can walk about . . . in the grounds. . . .'
"'Between four walls, therefore, like a prisoner.'
"'Well, what do you want to do?'
"'To go away from here and live . . . wherever you tell me to: at Corvigny, for instance.'
"'That is to say, away from me!'
"As I did not answer, he bent forward a little and continued, in a low voice: