On the Bright Shore
received him politely, and, after paying what she owed, in a voice cold, it is true, and indifferent as usual, but with words which were very polite, expressed sorrow that her intended departure from Monte Carlo, soon to take place, was a hindrance to further relations between them. Kresovich, putting the money into his pocket mechanically, answered,—
"I informed you yesterday that I could teach Romulus and Remus no longer."
"It is just that which pleases me," answered she, raising her head.
Evidently she wished, at least at first, to keep the conversation in a ceremonial tone, and impose that tone on Kresovich. But it was enough to look at him to see that he had the unbending determination to say all that he had resolved in his mind to say.
"You have paid me in genuine money," said he; "do not then give me counterfeit coin for the road."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean this," said he, with emphasis;
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