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150  [Faintly.] No.

 You have seen them to-night?

 [More faintly.] Yes.

 You have just left them?  [Still more faintly.] Yes.  Then you admit that you have broken faith with me? [The girl does not answer.] Answer—you admit that you have broken faith with me?  [Almost inaudibly.] Yes.  [After an effort to control his anger.] During the two months in which you have been living under my roof have I ever been unkind to you?  Indeed, no, sir.

 Nor any of my household?

 No.