It is brave and steadfast--just as she is; no, you were right, I can't decide--I won't!" "I wouldn't," said the general.

There was a pause and then he added, "After all, it is not given to every woman to show just how deep her faith is in the man she loves.

It would be too bad if you could not know that!" "The situation may become intolerable, General Herbert! Suppose I am held for the murder--suppose a long trial follows; think what she will suffer, the uncertainty, the awful doubt of the outcome, although she knows,--she must know I am innocent." "Of course, of course!" cried the general hastily, for these were points he did not wish to discuss.
"It's a serious matter when you consider the possibility of an indictment," said North soberly enough.
"That's true; yet we mustn't count the cost now, or at any future time.
But I promised Elizabeth I'd come back at once.

What shall I say to her, North ?" "Tell her that her letter has changed the whole aspect of things for me.
You must try to make her feel the fresh hope she has given me," John replied, extending his hand.
"Conklin!" called the general.

He took North's hand.