It was a terrible price to pay for their redemption; but it was the only one possible, and, in a moment of wrath, I paid it.

Now, I have to pay, in turn, myself.

I do not shirk it." "You will come back to London, then, and stand your trial ?" I asked, eagerly.
"Come back TO LONDON ?" he cried, with a face of white panic.

Hitherto he had seemed to me rather relieved in expression than otherwise; his countenance had lost its worn and anxious look; he was no longer watching each moment over his children's safety.

"Come back...