Now I have paid you; remember, I do not seek to purchase your silence.

I leave it entirely to your own option whether you tell your story or not.

I know that you cannot brand yourself with deeper disgrace and shame than by making public your share in this transaction." Allan Lyster murmured some insolent words which his lordship did not choose to hear.

He straightened the lash of his whip.
"Now," he continued, blandly, "I am going to give you a lesson.

I am going to teach you several things.