Better, truer friends a man could not have; and I want them to know the worst and the best there is, if there is any best.

They and you have trusted me, been too good to me, and what I said at the trial is not enough.

I want to do what I've never done before.

I want to tell everything.

It will do me good; and perhaps as I tell it I'll see myself and everything else in a truer light than I've yet seen it all." "You are sure you want Mrs.Tynan and her daughter to hear ?" "Absolutely sure." "They are not in your rank in life, you know." "They are my friends, and I owe them more than I can say.