"Will you speak ?" Ambrose's heart sank.

How is a dead man to sway passionate, living men?
However, he rose with the best assurance he could muster.
"I have only one thing to say," he began, conscious of the feebleness of his words.

"John Gaviller is a sick man.

I have seen the doctor.
You cannot fight a sick man.

I say do not accept his price--do not refuse it.