Sit down, my girl; it is a matter of business." Grace sat down, keenly on her guard, though she did not show it in the least.

Colonel Clifford resumed, "You may be sure that nothing has been near my heart for some time but your danger and my dear son's.

Still, I owe something to other sufferers, and the poor widows whose husbands have perished in that mine have cried to me for vengeance on the person who bribed that Burnley.

I am a magistrate, too, and duty must never be neglected.

I have got detectives about, and I have offered five hundred guineas reward for the discovery of the villain.