"I?"
"Vranic, when will you finish persecuting me? What have I done to you?"
"Milena, it is true I am bad; but is it my fault? has not the world made me what I am? Why have I not a right to my share of happiness as other men?"
"I am sorry for you, Vranic, but what can I do for you?"
"You can do whatever you like with me, make me as good as a lamb."
"How?"
"Have pity on me; I love you!"
"How can you say you love me, when you have tried to harm me in every possible way?"
"I was jealous; besides, I saw that you hated me, therefore you know it was my only chance of success. In love and in war all means are good."
She shuddered; still, she managed to master herself and hide the loathing she felt for him.