"You saw all this with your own eyes?"
"I saw it all, but would never have spoken, had the old man lived. Now that he is dead—"
"You would have another life—his life!"
"Do not tremble so, lady! Do not look upon me as if a wild beast were creeping toward you. I want no man's life—"
"Ah!"
"Though the young master up yonder has wronged me."
"Wronged you? Walton Hurst wronged you? Impossible!"
"Yes, me! I was engaged to wed old Jessup's daughter. It was a settled thing. She loved me!"
"Well?"
"But the young master stepped in!"