He was moving up the tanbark walk toward the house, muttering to himself.

When Fanny, unable longer to conceal Lorella's plight, had told him, pity and affection for his sweet sister-in-law who had made her home with them for five years had triumphed over his principles.

He had himself arranged for Fanny to hide Lorella in New York until she could safely return.

But just as the sisters were about to set out, Lorella, low in body and in mind, fell ill.

Then George--and Fanny, too--had striven with her to give them the name of her betrayer, that he might be compelled to do her justice.