“I have denied the truth. I have betrayed those in whose pay I am, and
now I know the remorse of Judas.
“Can it be that The Bodymaster seeks my Avis? Are those glances which he
darts at her from beneath his half-closed lids intended to be messages of
love?
“Of late she has appeared distracted and filled with a vague melancholy
when I am around. Does she wish to tell me something, yet fears to open
her lips?
“She knows my cataclysmic temper. She has seen me throw off the baleful
influence of The Bodymaster when a wild fit of passion seized me. She
probably fears that I will again rise against him and that he will blast
me where I stand.
“My hands are tied. In turning myself over to The Bodymaster I have
betrayed the woman I love. May Heaven have mercy on my soul!”