The persuasion was mine.

It is my happiness to be near him, helping, if I can.' 'Lady Fleetwood, I am entitled to think that your brother yielded to a request urged in ignorance of the nature of the risks a woman runs.' 'My brother does not yield to a request without examining it all round, my lord, and I do not.

I know the risks.

An evil that we should not endure,--life may go.

There can be no fear for me.' She spoke plain truth.