It is my duty and my privilege to do this if I can." I saw the truth of her words, and felt that since Dorothy had wrought the evil, it was clearly her duty to remedy it if she could.

If she should fail, no evil consequences would fall upon her.

If I should fail, it would cost me my life; and while I desired to save John, still I wished to save myself.

Though my conduct may not have been chivalric, still I was willing that Dorothy should go in my place, and I told her so.

I offered to ride with her as far as a certain cross-road a league distant from Rutland Castle.