"To warn him were to betray Sir Rowland." "Sir Rowland ?" cried Diana in high scorn.
"And...

and Richard," Ruth continued.
"Yes, and Mr.Newlington, and all the other knaves that are engaged in this murderous business.

Well ?" she demanded.

"Will you do it, or must I ?" "Do it ?" Ruth's eyes sought her cousin's white, excited face in the quasi-darkness.

"But have you thought of what it will mean?
Have you thought of the poor people that will perish unless the Duke is taken and this rebellion brought to an end ?" "Thought of it ?" repeated Diana witheringly.