Leah shall account to me for this deception.

I will get to the bottom of it as sure as my name is Cedric Templeton." Cedric spoke with an air of resolution that secretly surprised Malcolm.
"It will make a man of him," he said to himself--"it will make a man of him." Then he put his hand on his shoulder.
"My dear boy," he said kindly, "I feel for you from the bottom of my heart, but you must be very firm.

There can be no compromise or vacillation in a case like this; you must give her up, Cedric--you must break off this unlucky engagement." But Cedric would not be induced to promise this; he would decide nothing until he had seen Leah and heard the whole story from her lips.

"No one shall come between us," cried the poor lad; "she is my promised wife." Then Malcolm's manner changed and became more resolute.
"It will be a wrench, of course," he returned; "desperate diseases require desperate remedies.

But, Cedric, listen to me.