"It was his fault; wasn't it? I would give all the world that he were well; but it was his fault." Lord George was silent. "Oh, George, dear George, acknowledge that. Was it not so? Do you not think so? Could papa stand by and hear him call me such names as that? Could you have done so?"
"A man should not be killed for an angry word."
"Papa did not mean to kill him!"
"I can never be reconciled to the man who has taken the life of my brother."
"Do you love your brother better than me?"
"You and your father are not one."
"If this is to be said of him I will always be one with papa. He did it for my sake and for yours. If they send him to prison I will go with him. George, tell the truth about it."
"I always tell the truth," he said angrily.
"Did he not do right to protect his girl's name? I will never leave him now; never. If everybody is against him, I will never leave him."
No good was to be got from the interview. Whatever progress Lady Sarah may have made was altogether undone by the husband's sympathy for his injured brother. Mary declared to herself that if there