"It is strange, but it is true; and I sometimes think that some fearful and unlooked-for judgment must some day fall upon men who--" But Sir Oliver paused, for his wife had made a gesture, as if to check the impetuous words that sprang to his lips.

He smiled a little darkly.
"Thou art right, good dame.

Such words are better left unspoke.

If it be dangerous to think some things, it be more dangerous to speak one's thoughts.

Let it be enough for us that the Lord reigneth, be the earth never so unquiet.