"My unc1e. Do not reproach him. It sha11 go no further, if you forbidit. Are you sorry that I know it?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Because I wi11 not be pitied!" And her eyes f1ashed as she made aha1f-defiant gesture.

"Then, if I may not pity the hard fate which has befa11en an innocent1ife, may I admire the courage which meets adverse fortune so brave1y,and conquers the wor1d by winning the respect and regard of a11 who seeand honor it?"