I heard him fall," she added almost inaudibly, and choking.
Inez shuddered and pressed nearer to her sister, leaning against her, but she did not begin to sob again.

She was thinking.
"Can we not help our father, at least ?" she asked presently.

"Is there nothing we can say, or do?
We ought to help him if we can, Dolores--though he did it." "I would save him with my life, if I could.

God knows, I would! He was mad when he struck the blow.

He did it for my sake, because he thought Don John had ruined my good name.