“Would they be ready then not to sign if they should discover that you were married?”
“Worthy sword-bearer,” said the prince, with seriousness, “you have condemned me of crookedness toward the country; but I, as a true citizen, ask you, have I a right to sacrifice public affairs to my private interests?”
Pan Tomash listened. “What will happen then?”
“Think to yourself what must happen.”
“As God is true, I see already that the marriage must be deferred; and the proverb says; ‘What is deferred, escapes.’”
“I will not change my heart, for I have fallen in love for life. You must know that for faithfulness I could put to shame the most enduring Penelope.”
Billevich was alarmed still more; for he had an entirely opposite opinion touching the prince’s constancy, confirmed as it was by Bogu
