the trampling of the lilies-第45节
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allowed a dozen men to have gone to the guillotine that his own
worthless life might have been spared。
〃But he was your betrothed!〃 La Boulaye protested。
〃True!〃 she made answer; 〃but I had to choose between the man it
had been arranged I should marry and the man I lowed。〃 A flush
crimsoned her cheek; and her voice sank almost to a whisper。 〃And
to save the man I love I have delivered up Ombreval。〃
〃Suzanne 〃
The name burst from his lips in a shout of wonder and of joy
ineffable。 In a stride he seemed to cover the distance between
them; and he caught her to him as the door slammed on the
discreetly departing Robespierre。
End