"Heaven will judge between us, Aubrey," she said, solemnly. "I have a sure conviction that I shall know the truth."
"I hope Heaven will assist you," he returned, lightly; "I am quite sure the decision will be in my favor."
And those words, so wickedly, so blasphemously false, were the last he ever spoke to her.
CHAPTER XL.
DYING IN SIN.
Captain Langton left Lady Darrell at the door of the porch, and went round to the stables. He was a man as utterly devoid of principle as any man could well be, yet the untruths he had told, the false testimony he had given, the false oaths he had taken, had shaken his nerves.
"I should not care to go through such a scene as that again," he said—"to stand before two women as before my judges."
He found his hands unsteady and his limbs trembling; the horse he had to ride was a spirited one. The captain half staggered as he placed his hand on the saddle.