"She won't go!" murmured the father, dully.
"Nonsense!"
"She won't go," he reiterated. "She has given her heart to Luke."
"She'll soon forget him."
"Not she!"
"And she'll be horrified—when she knows."
"She'll not believe it."
"If he is wise, he'll plead guilty—his solicitor will advise him to do that. It is his one chance. . . ."
"His one chance?" queried the other vaguely.
"Of escaping the gallows. If he pleads guilty, many extenuating circumstances will be admitted—his own spotless reputation—and also intense provocation. He'll get a life sentence, or even perhaps——"