Chapter 74

"I will see you in Hell first!" He started, taken aback. Her own utterance had shocked her. "Am I a street-walker already," she asked herself, "that I begin to curse and swear?" A whistle trilled. He started and said: "So then, all is over between us?" She bent her head assentingly, and her glance fell guiltily on Bawne who was standing near. Von Herrnung, aware of him at the same instant, turned on him with a scowl and the harsh demand: "What is this? Do little English boys pry and listen?" Bawne returned, lo…