"What do you want?" she asked in French.

"To get the guarantee for Gambetta, I've sold him," he said, in a tone which said more clearly than words, "I've no time for discussing things, and it would lead to nothing.

" "I'm not to blame in any way," he thought.

" If she will punish herself, _tant pis pour elle.

_" But as he was going he fancied that she said something, and his heart suddenly ached with pity for her.