He bent his head humbly.

"I have seen you many times, and heard of you," she continued. "I heard what you said, down yonder.… Has life been so bitter for you?"

"Diane!"

He turned towards the house. "He has a noble face," she said, gazing up at the bright window.

"He was a great man."

"And yet he fought in the end against his country."

"He believed that he did right."

"Should you have believed it right?"

John was silent.

"John!"