I am one of them.

Nevertheless, it will go hard with him, as the evidence is strong against him.

He comes from your part of the country, and you will be concerned, of course.
Sheila watched her mother reading, and saw that great emotion possessed her, though the girl could not know the cause.

Presently, however, Mrs.Llyn, who had read the letter from her brother, made a joyful exclamation.
"What is it, mother dear ?" Sheila asked eagerly.

"Tell me!" The mother made a passionate gesture of astonishment and joy; then she leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes, with the letter--which was closely written, in old-fashioned punctiliousness--in her hands.
"Oh, my dear, my dear!" she said.