“And you want me not to speak?”

“That’s it.”

“It seems to me to be asking too much. I shall do no more than insist that they punish him justly.”

“There is no way to get out of it?”

“None.”

“If you wanted to... I would wait on you on my knees afterwards, I would make any sacrifice for you.”

“Are you so fond of the man?”

“The Cub-Slut” answered in the negative, by an energetic movement of her head.

“Well, then, what do you expect to get out of him?”

“I expect revenge.”