"That which will bring thee down--thy hungry spirit of discovery.

It will serve thee no better than it served the late Earl.
But thee it will lead into paths ending in a gulf of darkness." "Deborah!" he answered, with a rasping laugh.

"Continuez! Forewarned is forearmed." "No, do not think I shall be glad," she answered, still like one in a dream.

"I shall lament it as I lament--as I lament now.

All else fades away into the end which I see for thee.