He alone is not to blame, I also am culpable, for I acknowledge the encouragement I have given him.

My character for integrity is gone, but his is still unstained." "Fear not for him, my favour he has never had; but my honour is too dear to me for such an affair as this to pass my lips.

Let him continue the courted, the spoiled, the flattered child of fashion he has ever been.

I regard him not.

Let him run his course rejoicing, it matters not to me." She rang the bell as she spoke, and slowly and silently paced the room till Allison obeyed the summons.