No word from any human being shall persuade me to it,--unless it should come from herself.' 'We can make her,' said the old man.
'No doubt we could get an order from the Court,' said the attorney, thinking that anything might be fairly said in such an emergency as this; 'but it will be better that she should come of her own accord, or by his direction.

Are you aware how probable it is that you may be in prison within a day or two ?' To this Caldigate made no answer, but turned round to leave the room.

He paused a moment at the doorway to think whether another word or two might not be said in behalf of his wife.

It seemed hard to him, or hard rather upon her, that all the wide-stretching solid support of her family should be taken away from her at such a crisis as the present.

He knew their enmity to himself.