!  He believed, having
triumphed over me in my sleep, that all was completed.  He came,
hoping that I would accept my , as my  was consummated;
he came to offer his fortune in exchange for my wordnetdesire.

"All that the  of a woman could contain of haughty 
and disdainful words, I poured out upon this man.  Doubtless he
was accustomed to such reproaches, for he listened to me calm and
smiling, with his arms crossed over his breast.  Then, when he
thought I had said all, he advanced toward me; I sprang toward
the table, I seized a knife, I placed it to my breast.

"Take one step more," said I, "and in addition to my dishonor,
you shall have my death to reproach yourself with."

"There was, no doubt, in my look, my voice, my whole person, that
 of gesture, of attitude, of accent, which carries
conviction to the most perverse minds, for he paused.

"'Your death?' said he; 'oh, no, you are too charming a mistress
to allow me to consent to lose you thus, after I have had the
 to possess you only a single time.  Adieu, my charmer;
I will wait to pay you my next