"He is my lover; he is my life; he is my soul, and if you have murdered him in your attempt to kill your own child, all England shall hear of it and you shall hang.

He is worth more in the eyes of the queen than we and all our kindred.

You know not whom you have killed." Sir George's act had sobered him.
"I did not intend to kill him--in that manner," said Sir George, dropping his words absent-mindedly.

"I hoped to hang him.

Where is Dawson?
Some one fetch Dawson." Several of the servants had gathered about the open door in the next room, and in obedience to Sir George's command one of them went to seek the forester.