human
Yes! she exclaimed;
gpt
Victim, indeed! replied the man, evidently cowed by the other's threat.
human
You call yourself victim, Marie? The _wife_ of the handsomest man in Mexico? Ha, ha!
gpt
Yes; you may well taunt me with your false priest, you unfeeling wretch! _Oh, Santisima Madre_! continued she, dropping back into her chair, and pressing her head between her hands.
human
Beguiled--beggared-- almost unsexed! and yet I never loved the man! It was not love, but madness--madness and fascination!
gpt
I don't care a claco, cried he fiercely, and evidently piqued at her declaration;
human
I will not!
gpt
But you shall, or--.
human
No, not to-night, dearest! said Dubrosc, grasping her rudely by the arm.
gpt
I have my reasons for keeping you here. I noted you to-day speaking with that cursed Yankee, and you're just traitor enough to help him to escape. I'll look to him myself, so you may stay where you are. If you should choose to rise early enough to-morrow morning, you will have the felicity of seeing him dance upon the tight-rope. Ha! ha! ha!