"
"My name is Caroline Metti."
"Caroline, if what you told me earlier in the night was the truth this
is the most fortunate night of your life; you have more reason to desire
to live now than you ever had before."
"Do not mock and taunt me."
"I am neither mocking nor taunting you. I am telling you the truth."
"I do not understand what you mean."
"You will have different surroundings the rest of your life. You have
won my interest and sympathy."
"And yet you have made me your prisoner."
"Only to save you against yourself. I would not bring harm to a hair of
your head. I desire to save your life and your soul."
"Why?"
"Because I believe you are an unfortunate person and that you mean well,
and now as far as these men are concerned you are free from them
forever, I care not how many there are of them. Argetti is doomed, and
every one of his friends, including the man who assailed you, will
either be captured or driven from the country. A way will be provided
for you to support yourself in independence.
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