I was the instrument of a national principle.

Your friends were not sacrificed for any ends of mine." 'She thereupon withheld her hand, and clambered up unassisted.

He went on, ascending the Look-out Hill, and disappearing over the brow.

Her way was in the same direction, her errand being to bring home the two young girls under her charge, who had gone to the cliff for an airing.

When she joined them at the top she saw his solitary figure at the further edge, standing motionless against the sea.