at him with increasing astonishment. There was no mistaking the sincerity of his distress or the strength of his determination: he had evidently resolved to let everything go by the board but the supreme need of thus putting himself on record. Archer considered.
\"May I ask,\" he said at length, \"if this is the line you took with the Countess Olenska?\"
M. Riviere reddened, but his eyes did not falter. \"No, Monsieur: I accepted
at him with increasing astonishment. There was no mistaking the sincerity of his distress or the strength of his determination: he had evidently resolved to let everything go by the board but the supreme need of thus putting himself on record. Archer considered.
\"May I ask,\" he said at length, \"if this is the line you took with the Countess Olenska?\"
M. Riviere reddened, but his eyes did not falter. \"No, Monsieur: I accepted
