You are an angel of goodness, Elizabeth; as I am a demon of darkness.

I do not deserve your forgiveness." "You will deserve it, if you will comply with the request I am about to make to you," she rejoined, looking at him beseechingly.
"Whatever it be it shall be granted, if in my power," he rejoined earnestly.

"I would redeem your life, if I could, at the price of my own.

You have exorcised the evil spirit from me, Elizabeth." "Then I shall die happy," she replied, with a smile of ineffable delight.
"But the request! What is it you would have me perform ?" he asked.
"I would have you spare my mother," she replied.

"I know she has been dealt with in the same way as myself; but I also know there is yet time to save her." "It shall be done," said Lord Roos, emphatically.