"You are a true gentleman," he added, "and I am a fool.
I saw something of all this and I suspected you.

As for the marriage, there is none, and the lady cares nothing for me; if anything, she dislikes me, and I do not wonder at it: most women would under the circumstances.

But whatever befalls, I honour you and always shall honour you.

I must go this journey, it is laid on me that I should, and she insists upon going also, more from perversity than for any other reason, I fancy.

So you are coming too: well, we will do our best to protect her, both of us, and the future must look to itself." "Thank you for your words," Francisco answered gently, and turned away, understanding that Leonard thought himself his companion in misfortune.
When the Father had gone, Leonard stood for a while musing upon the curiously tangled web in which he found himself involved.