"I will not go away," he cried in wild passion.

"I will not allow my own son to raise an impious hand against the Almighty." "Lor' lumme!" gasped Barney Bill, dropping his hat.

"He's done it." There was a silence.

Silas Finn stood shaking in the middle of the room, the sweat streaming down his forehead.
Paul turned at the door and walked slowly up to him.

"Your son?
What do you mean ?" Jane, with wringing hands and tense, uplifted face, said in a queer cracked voice: "He promised us not to speak.