Be pleased to withdraw, Diana.

John Smithies, you have simply made a fool of yourself.

I have not said a word against Sir Duncan Yordas, or his wife, or his son--" "He hath no son, I tell you; and that was partly how he lost his wife." "Well, then, his daughters, I have said no harm of them." "And very good reason--because he hath none.

You lawyers think you are so clever; and you never know anything rightly.

Sir Duncan hath himself alone to see to, and hundreds of thousands of darkies to manage, with a score of British bayonets.