fly?"said
Montefiore,hearing
the voice
of his
friend.
"Because I
told you
the
truth;I am
married--Diard!Diard!"he
shouted in
a piercing
voice.
But,at a
word from
Perez,the
apprentice
closed and
bolted the
doors,so
that the
soldiers
were
delayed by
battering
them
in.Before
they could
enter,the
Marana had
time to
strike her
dagger
into the
guilty
man;but
anger
hindered
her
aim,the
blade
slipped
upon the
Italian's
epaulet,though
she struck
her blow
with such
force that
he fell at
