You asked me if I was really guilty.

Yes, I was--guilty just as my judges pronounced me to be!" For a few minutes Lord Arleigh was silent; the disappointment was almost greater than he could bear.

He had anticipated so much from this interview; and now by these deliberately spoken words his hopes were ended--he would never be able to take his beautiful young wife to his heart and home.

The bitterness of the disappointment seemed almost greater than he could bear.

He tried to recover himself, while Henry Dornham went on: "The rich never have anything to do with the poor without harm comes of it.