"Forgive!"
"But if I could explain...."
"Explain? What can there be to explain? Did you denounce me to the magistrate?"
"If you could only know what happened...."
"Did you denounce me to the magistrate?"
She looked with frightened eyes at the bedroom door, and then dropped to her knees.
"Have pity upon me."
"Did you denounce me to the magistrate?"
"Yes."
His pale face became ashen.