You know her name, surely.

Did she know that I was ill, and yet stayed away from me ?" "Was her place here, John Saltram ?--that poor girl whom you married under a false name, whom you tried to hide from all the world.

Have you ever brought her here?
Have you ever given her a wife's license, or a wife's place?
How many lies have you not told to hide that which any honest man would have been proud to confess to all the world ?" "Yes, I have lied to you about her, I have hidden my treasure.

But it was for your sake, Gilbert; it was for the sake of our old friendship.

I could not hear to lose you; I could not bear to stand revealed before you as the weak wretch who betrayed your trust and stole your promised wife.
Yes, Gilbert, I have been guilty beyond all measure.