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Chapter XXVI - Page 2
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"Have you no remorse?" I asked.
"None."
"You have ruined the beauty, the happiness, the fortune, of another woman."
"I have done what I intended."
"Do you realize that again you have raised a barrier between yourself and your religion? You do not look very repentant."
"Revenge is sweeter than religion."
Then in a burst of anger I confessed that I had told Estenega. For a moment I thought her terrible hatred was about to hurl its vengeance at me; but she only asked,--
"What did he say?"
Unwillingly, I repeated it, but word for word. And as I spoke, her face softened, the austerity left her features, an expression of passionate gratitude came into her eyes.
"Did he say that, Eustaquia?"
"He did."
"Say it again, please."
I did so. And then she put her hands to her face, and cried, and cried, and cried.
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