I will not speak harshly of any one, however I may have been treated.

But you will understand that my life alone remains betwixt the plunderers and their prey, and that my errand here prevents them from legally swallowing up the spoil." Miss Dolly's idea of the law, in common with that of most young ladies, suggested a horrible monster ravening to devour the fallen.

And the fall of the Carnes had long been a subject of romantic interest to her.
"Oh, I see!" she exclaimed, with a look of deep wisdom.

"I can quite understand a thing like that, from what I have heard about witnesses.

I hope you will be very careful.