It was quite another to trick her into betraying her father.
Knowing what he was, why did the thought of betraying him hurt her?
Later it has a less rich development, betraying the political decay of the race.
Brancovan was accused of secret correspondence with the emperor, the tsar, the king of Poland and the Venetian republic, of betraying the Porte's secrets, of preferring Tirgovishtea to Bucharest as a residence, of acquiring lands and palaces in Transylvania, of keeping agents at Venice and Vienna, in both of which cities he had invested large sums, and of striking gold coins with his effigy.'
She hesitated a moment, wanting to tell him, but thinking she would be betraying Yancey if she did so.
