Surely you would not be forsworn before God and upon your knighthood.

A forsworn Christian?
A forsworn knight?
A forsworn Vernon?
The lash, father, the lash--I am eager for it." Sir George stood in silence, and Dorothy continued to move toward the door.

Her face was turned backward over her shoulder to her father, and she whispered the words, "Forsworn, forsworn, forsworn!" As she put her hand on the latch the piteous old man held forth his arms toward her and in a wail of agony cried: "Doll! Doll! My daughter! My child! God help me!" He covered his face with his hands, his great form shook for a moment as the tree trembles before the fall, and he fell prone to the floor sobbing forth the anguish of which his soul was full.
In an instant Dorothy was by her father's side holding his head upon her lap.

She covered his face with her kisses, and while the tears streamed from her eyes she spoke incoherent words of love and repentance.
"I will tell you all, father; I will tell you all.

I will give him up; I will see him never again.