to minister to my , for it has helped me to acquire a
mastery over him. Yes, I have gained this mastery, and I shall know how
to use it. I will listen to the confession of his wordnetdesire from his own
proud lips that I may spurn him from me with . And have I not
just cause to  him thus? Did he not trample beneath his feet the
last remnant of my better self,--my ? My  was still mine. It
drove me to leave Herr von Möhâzy when I learned his treachery; it
caused me to accept the hand of a country squire, but a man of honour,
and thus to prove to myself and the world that I was not the outcast I
was inclined to believe myself. And he--he, when I was more unfortunate
than guilty, condemned me as utterly base, without even hearing me! Oh,
I have suffered too deeply from this man's  ever to forget it! I
resolved to requite him for this . I would compel him to wordnetdesire
me,--me, upon whom he looked down so proudly from the heights of his
virtue; me, the wife of his friend. It was a bold scheme, but it has
been successful. My meeting Möhâzy and the Count's interference