"I would never have done this, you know," she cried; "it would never have come to this, if you had spoken and told me you were innocent." "What do you mean, child ?" said Parson Fair, sternly.
"He would not tell me that he did not stab his cousin Lot," replied Dorothy, setting her sweet mouth doggedly.

Her blue eyes met her father's with shrinking and yet steadfast defiance.
"Dorothy," said he, "do you not know that he is innocent by his cousin's own confession ?" "Why, then, does he not say so ?" finished Dorothy.

"How do I know who did it?
Madelon Hautville said she was guilty, then Lot Gordon; and Burr would not deny his guilt when I asked him.

How do I know which?
Madelon Hautville was trying to shield him; I am not blind.

Then Lot liked her.