There is no need for me to offer any explanation, and, as I have failed in my object, I will go." "You might just as well tell me if you are in love with my little Madaline.

I might make it worth your while to let me know." It was with great difficulty that Lord Arleigh controlled his indignation; but he replied, calmly: "I have nothing to tell you." A look of disappointment came over the dark, handsome face.
"You can keep your secrets," he said--"so can I.If you will tell me nothing, neither shall I; but I might make it worth your while to trust me." "I have nothing to confide," returned Lord Arleigh; "all I can say to you on leaving is that I hope you will come to your senses and repent of your past wickedness." "I shall begin to think that you are a missionary in disguise," said Henry Dornham.

"So you will not offer me anything for my secret ?" he interrogated.
"No secret of yours could interest me," rejoined Lord Arleigh abruptly, as he went away.
So, for the second time in his life, he was at the door of the mystery, yet it remained unopened.

The first time was when he was listening to Lord Mountdean's story, when the mention of the name Dornham should lead to a denouement; the second was now, when, if he had listened to the convict, he would have heard that Madaline was not his child.
He left Chatham sick at heart.

There was no help for him--his fate was sealed.