She did not tell the whole truth at the trial; may there be no mercy for me hereafter if the law is not merciful to that staunch soul! She has saved my life--for this! But that night--it was her second in succession--and she had been with me the whole long day--that night she fell asleep beside me in the chair.

I can hear her breathing now.
"Dear soul, how it angered me at the time! It made me fret all the more for--her.

Why had she broken faith?
I knew that she had not.

Something had kept her; had he?
I had hoped he was out of the way; he left her so much.

He was really on the watch, as you may know.