Hast thou done so, villain ?" "I have," replied Luke Hatton, sullenly.
"Then thou hast avouched a lie--a lie that will damn thee," said Lady Exeter.

"Lord Roos knows it to be false, and can exculpate me.

Speak, my Lord, I charge you, and say how it occurred." But the young nobleman remained silent.
"Not a word--not a word in my favour," the Countess exclaimed, in a voice of anguish.

"Nay, then I am indeed lost!" "You are lost past redemption," cried Lady Lake with an outburst of fierce exultation, and a look as if she would have trampled her beneath her feet.

"You have forfeited honour, station, life.