I was ready to leave with him to-night.

Before we went, he insisted on telling me everything about you.

He could have escaped, and I was willing to go with him.
Instead, he spent those precious minutes telling me the truth about you.
That was the end." "Lady Cranston omits to add," Lessingham put in, "that before I did so she told me frankly that her feelings for me were of warm friendliness--that her love was given to her husband, and her husband only." "How long is this to go on ?" Griffiths asked harshly.

"I have the authority here and the power to take that man.

These domestic explanations have nothing to do with the case." "Excuse me," Sir Henry retorted, with quiet emphasis, "they have a great deal to do with it." "I am Commandant of this place--" Griffiths commenced.
"And I possess an authority here which you had better not dispute," Sir Henry reminded him sternly.
There was a moment's tense silence.