"Only I beg you to save him, from gratitude, if not from love." "It's true I owe him a debt of gratitude, deeper than you know," I answered.

"He is worth trusting--worth saving, at the expense of almost any sacrifice.

But I can't sacrifice the man I love for him." She looked thoughtful.

"You say the man you were engaged to was at your house while Ivor was there ?" "Yes.

He came then.