“You have – saved me!” she said again. “But there is another – English girl – there and many – others. How can we – save them?”
“It is all arranged,” the Marquis replied. “The Police are moving in at dawn and three gendarmes are already on the roof. They let us down. Because I would not have you involved in all that cruelty and wickedness, I persuaded them to let me spirit you away so that you will not have to appear at the inquiry.”
“H-how – can you – have been so clever?” Norina asked.
“I was thinking about you, my darling,” the Marquis said, “and also, of course, of myself. Don’t forget that we are both in hiding.”
She put her hand to his face.
“Your bandage has – gone and you are – just as I thought – very very – handsome!”
“I have to wear glasses in the daytime,” the Marquis rep
