and gripped Pascherette tightly by the arm.
“This is a trick, little devil! Don’t you value that pretty little head more than to trifle with me?”
“I trifle with thee? Thou art mad, Sancho!” she cried. “Did I lie when I said I loved thee, then?”
“The fiend knows! I know ‘tis plaguey risky for thee if thou didst!”
“Unbeliever!” whispered Pascherette with thrilling emphasis. “Shall I tell thee again, in language even thy stubborn soul must believe?”
The girl suddenly glided inside his arms, flung up her hands, each clutching a mass of her glossy, scented hair, and enmeshed his disfigured face.