THE LOVER "And Theobald," I asked, after that pause--"what about Theobald ?" "Theobald is young.

He has a thousand chances of happiness," answered my grandfather, somewhat eagerly.

"If he could know he would be the first to sacrifice himself to prevent the disgrace.

I tell you, Bawn, that if Garret Dawson publishes the secret he holds it will kill your grandmother and me as surely as though he had shot us through the heart.
Child, child, we would have given you the world if we could! Can you do this much for us ?" I looked at his poor old, twitching, grey face, at his hands that worked pitifully.

I saw my grandmother lift her streaming eyes to Heaven as though to ask for help.