And yet--God help me!--I thought at the time I was saving my country.

Gentlemen, you, who have faced no such responsibility as then confronted me, will be apt to judge me without mercy.

I know not if I can persuade you that my remorse is honest.
But consider--Here am I at William's right hand, already rich and powerful, and possessing limitless prospects of increased power and riches.

Yet am I ready to sacrifice everything, to brave everything, to bring utter ruin on my fortune, if only I can rid myself of this nightmare of shame.

Is this the attitude of insincerity ?" "Upon my word, my lord, I'd give something to know why the devil you tell all this to us." "I hardly know myself," answered the Earl, sighing deeply, but still without a grain of expression on his handsome face.