When it was over and the disgraced man went forth an outcast, a full account of the proceedings had been forwarded to those at home who had hoped for much from him.
"No," she said.

"For the sake of the woman who sent him here we must stop short of that." Then Maud Barrington looked at them both.

"There is one person you do not seem to consider at all, and that is the man who lies here in peril through Ferris's fault," she said.

"Is there nothing due to him ?" Dane noticed the sternness in her eyes, and glanced as if for support towards Miss Barrington.

"I fancy he would be the last to claim it if he knew what we do.