But women are extraordinary creatures, and so, for the matter of that,
are Frenchmen--
Still, his feelings to the man sitting opposite to him had undergone a
complete change. He now liked--nay, he now respected--Paul de Virieu. But
for the Count, whom he had thought to be nothing more than an effeminate
dandy, a hopeless gambler, where would Sylvia be now? The unspoken answer
to this question gave Chester a horrible inward tremor.
He leant forward, and grasped Paul de Virieu's left hand.
"I do congratulate you," he said, simply and heartily; "you deserve your
great good fortune." Then, to Sylvia, he added quietly, "My dear, it is
to him you owe your life."
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