His first-born son is Earl of Eglington, and has been so these years past; and you, nor his second-best lordship there, nor all the courts in England can alter that....

Ay, I've kept my peace, but I will speak out now.

I was with the Earl--James Fetherdon he called himself--when he married her that's gone to heaven, if any ever went to heaven; and I can prove all.

There's proof aplenty, and 'tis a pity, ay, God's pity! that 'twas not used long ago.

Well I knew, as the years passed, that the Earl's heart was with David, but he had not the courage to face it all, so worn away was the man in him.