I am ready for the whip, father.

I am ready.

Let us have it over quickly." The girl, whose shoulders were bare, took a few steps toward the door leading to the upper court, but Sir George did not move.

I was deeply affected by the terrible scene, and I determined to prevent the flogging if to do so should cost Sir George's life at my hands.

I would have killed him ere he should have laid a single lash of the whip upon Dorothy's back.
"Father," continued the terrible girl, "are you not going to flog me?
Remember your oaths.