I got up again from the sofa, strong in a daring resolution which the Scotch Verdict had suddenly kindled in me--a resolution at once too sacred and too desperate to be confided, in the first instance, to any other than my husband's ear.
"Take me to Eustace!" I cried.

"I am strong enough to bear anything now." After one searching look at me, the Major silently offered me his arm, and led me out of the room..