No harm shall be done to any one.

My health will be your excuse, and the lawyers shall arrange it all." "I must go back," said Neville.

Then the Earl fell back in his chair and covered his face with his hands.

"I must go back; but I will give you my honour as a gentleman to do nothing that shall distress you." "You will not marry her ?" "No." "And, oh, Fred, as you value your own soul, do not injure a poor girl so desolate as that.

Tell her and tell her mother the honest truth.