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Needs must when the devil drives ; and His Majesty surely was on the box and using his whip-hand , two days ago , back in Washington . Your own sense of fairness will admit as much as that . '' She threw back her head like a restless horse , blooded , mettlesome , and resumed her pacing up and down , her hands now clasped behind her back . `` When I left the carriage with my maid Jeanne , there , '' she resumed at length ; `` when I passed through that dark train shed at midnight , I felt that something was wrong . When the door of the railway coach was opened I felt that conviction grow . When you met me -- the first time I ever saw you , sir , -- I felt my heart turn cold . '' `` Madam ! ''