"I took care that the evidence should satisfy you.

Once more, there is no cause for alarm----" "No cause for alarm! You talk--absurdly! You forget that the fact of your sitting there proves that I am a--a usurper; that I have no right to the title, the estate; that everything belongs to you.

By Heaven, Wilfred, I can scarcely believe that you have done this thing, that you could have found it possible to do me--and Percy--such a wrong! Put yourself in my place.

How would you like to discover that you were living under false pretences, that you had no right to--everything you hold.

Yes; put yourself in my place!" "That is exactly what I have refused, and still refuse, to do," said Mr.
Clendon, quietly.