But he never hesitated.

With a resolution which the weaker man was powerless to resist, he took him by the arm and led him back to his place.
"For her sake, and for your sake, you shall not condemn her unheard," he said to Horace, firmly.

"One temptation to deceive you after another has tried her, and she has resisted them all.

With no discovery to fear, with a letter from the benefactress who loves her commanding her to be silent, with everything that a woman values in this world to lose, if she owns what she has done--_this_ woman, for the truth's sake, has spoken the truth.

Does she deserve nothing at your hands in return for that?
Respect her, Horace--and hear her." Horace yielded.