"That is your ladyship's son, is it not ?" "Yes," she answered, with a sort of wail; "my only son--my only child.
All that I have to love--all that I have to live for in this world." "And you think the little fellow is in peril ?" "Yes--in deadly peril." "From what source?
From whose hand ?" "I don't know--I don't know!" she answered, distractedly.

"Sometimes I am wild enough to suspect even Captain Hawksley, unjust and unkind as it seems." "Captain Hawksley?
Who is he ?" "My late husband's cousin; heir, after my little son, to the title and estates.

He is very poor, deeply in debt, and the inheritance would put an end to all his difficulties.

But he is fond of my son; they seem almost to worship each other.

I, too, am fond of him.