I am not here to urge my claims on you.

I won her fairly and intend to keep her, were the whole House of Peers opposed to me.

At this moment I want to tell you, her father, why she could never, even under other circumstances, marry Lord Ventnor." Then he proceeded to place before the astounded baronet a detailed history of his recent career.

It was a sordid story of woman's perfidy, twice told.

It carried conviction in every sentence.