“And would you go as far as adultery to get your revenge?”
“Who told you that it would go as far as adultery? Besides, in me it would be a right, not a lapse.”
“What’s more, you’d make Oswald very unhappy?’
“Haven’t they made me unhappy?”
Esther was in the grip of passionate excitement.
“Do you think Oswald will come to this house tomorrow?” asked Roberto.
“I certainly do.”
“This benefactress of yours,—is she tall, thin, with grey eyes?”
“Yes!”