The man watched her with arms folded. There was a look of deep melancholy upon his face, as of one wounded by the truth. His voice was sad but resolute.
"And the rest?"
She rallied suddenly and came to him with truth in her eyes; they were wonderfully piteous and appealing.
"God knows I have been loyal to you. The man tempted me, but I withstood him; I kept my loyalty."
"And you told him----?"
"Nothing, nothing; he is as innocent as a child."
Fulviac looked down at her with a great light in his eyes. He spoke slowly and with a deeper intonation in his voice.
"I have dealt with many bad women," he said, "but I believe you are speaking the truth."
"It is the truth."
"I take it as such; you have been too much a woman."