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The First Intrigue
Shelaughedangrilyandcried:
"Areyoudumb,too?PerhapsMadamehasyourtongue?"
Withafuriousglance,Duroythenexclaimed:
"Howdareyouaccostme?GoalongorIwillhaveyouarrested."
Withflamingeyes,shecried:"Ah,isthatso!Becauseyouarewithanotherisnoreasonthatyoucannotrecognizeme.Ifyouhadmadetheleastsignofrecognitionwhenyoupassedme,Iwouldnothavemolestedyou.Youdidnotevensaygoodeveningtomewhenyoumetme."
DuringthattiradeMme.deMarelleinaffrightopenedthedooroftheboxandfledthroughthecrowdseekinganexit.Duroyrushedafterher.Rachel,seeinghimdisappear,cried:"Stopher!shehasstolenmylover!"
Twomenseizedthefugitivebytheshoulder,butDuroy,whohadcaughtupwithher,badethemdesist,andtogetherheandClotildereachedthestreet.
Theyenteredacab.Thecabmanasked:"WhereshallIdriveto?"Duroyreplied:"Whereyouwill!"
Clotildesobbedhysterically.Duroydidnotknowwhattosayordo.Atlengthhestammered:
"ListenClo—mydearestClo,letmeexplain.Itisnotmyfault
