_I_ didn't, bad as I was," continued Robin, in a significant tone.

"I had my oath to keep." "Robin!" "Sir, I have sworn--and you know I have sworn it--to have my revenge upon him that worked ill to Rachel.

I can't die till that oath has been kept." "There's a certain sentence, Robin, given us for our guidance, amid many other such sentences, which runs somewhat after this fashion: 'Vengeance is mine,'" quietly spoke Lionel.

"Have you forgotten who it is says that ?" "Why did he--the villain--forget them sentences?
Why did he forget 'em and harm her ?" retorted Robin.

"Sir, it's of no good for you to look at me in that way.