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 is a sign they are well. I was surprised to find you so excited when I came in; you have been quarrelling.

. How silly! A mere difference of opinion. Ramón will explain.

. We were discussing the company.

. Gracious! But are you ill? You look so pale. [To ] I am sure you are not the one who began it.

. It was all my fault. I must sign these papers and send an explanation to the boy's father. They are returning to Paris.

. Who are?

. Who do you think? Why must you force me to say it? Don't you know? Aren't you glad of it?

. I?

. Will you never say what you think?

. I am helpless. He is not satisfied to torment me; he wants to see me suffer.

. Isabel, will you forgive me if I revert to the past and reopen sores that are forgotten?

. You?

. I know that you will not tell me the truth, but no matter. You are the only one who can restore peace to my mind, although it may be with a lie.

. But what is it? What happened between you and Gonzalo while I was away? That woman's husband was here. But why? What did he say?

. Who cares? Is he a rogue or a fool? But there was one thing that he said, which either he invented, or which he has heard, gossip, perhaps, for its own sake, which amounts to nothing, but which had never occurred to me before. There are moments when a chance word, like a lightning flash, illuminates the darkest, most hidden corners of our