And in any case you are suffering something worse than hanging.

Oh, I have watched you every hour this past week, and I know the pain that abides in you.

It is not just." And he insisted--"We had best tell the truth." Sir Oliver smiled wistfully.

He put out a hand and took his brother's.
"'Tis noble in you to propose it, Lal." "Not half so noble as it is in you to bear all the suffering for a deed that was my own." "Bah!" Sir Oliver shrugged impatiently; his glance fell away from Lionel's face and returned to the consideration of the fire.

"After all, I can throw off the burden when I will.