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"But what words!" laughed Levasseur. "What heat and what
foolishness! You have not considered the alternative. When you do,
you will not persist in your refusal. You will not do that in any
case. We have spurs for the reluctant. And I warn you against
giving me your parole under stress, and afterwards playing me false.
I shall know how to find and punish you. Meanwhile, remember your
sister's honour is in pawn to me. Should you forget to return with
the dowry, you will not consider it unreasonable that I forget to
marry her."
Levasseur's smiling eyes, intent upon the young man's face, saw the
horror that crept into his glance. M. d'Ogeron cast a wild glance
at mademoiselle, and observed the grey despair that had almost
stamped the beauty from her face. Disgust and fury swept across
his countenance.
Then he braced himself and answered resolutely:
"No, you dog! A thousand times, no!"
"You are foolish to persist." Levasseur spoke without anger, with
a coldly mocking regret. His fingers had been busy tying knots in
a length of whipcord.


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