"The horrors of this house'll kill me.

I can't stand it a minute longer.

I'll go--I'll go to-morrow." "You won't; you're too kind-hearted to leave Mr.Cumberland and his sister in their desperate trouble," Sweetwater put in, with a decision as suggestive of admiration as he dared to assume.
Her eyes filled, and she said no more.

Sweetwater shifted his attention to Helen.

Working around by her side, he managed to drop these words into her ear: "She talks most, but she doesn't feel her responsibilities any more than you do.