He might have trusted me and told the truth," faltered the lad.
"Instead of which he told you this pack of lies.

And his sister is no better, for she has lied to you too; and this is the sister-in-law you propose to introduce at the Wood House--a woman who has allowed you to make love to her in her husband's lifetime!" "Look here, Herrick," returned Cedric hoarsely--his fresh young face looked quite gray--"not a word against her--not a word against my Leah.
You may be right about Jacobi--I have had my doubts about him once or twice myself; he is not always kind to Leah, he bullies her dreadfully and she is afraid of him, and he is too fond of getting his own way.
But I won't believe that she is to blame.

Anyhow, she is more sinned against than sinning.

I will go to her to-morrow and make her tell me everything.

No one shall come between us--not even Saul Jacobi.