"Tell who stabbed you," said she, in a sharp voice.
Lot looked up at her, and a red flush came over his livid face.
"Tell who stabbed you." Lot smiled feebly, but he did not speak.
Margaret Bean came in, with her old husband shuffling at her heels.

A great face, bristling with a yellow stubble of beard, appeared in the door.

It belonged to the sheriff, Jonas Hapgood, who had just returned from taking Burr to New Salem.

Madelon cast a desperate glance around at them.

"Lot Gordon," she cried out, "tell them--tell them I was the one who stabbed you, and set Burr free!" There was a chuckle from Jonas Hapgood in the door.