"Come, will you accept, Margaret?"
"No, no, I cannot!"
"But think of what is before you."
"If I tried to escape, they would soon be on my track—"
"No, I can prevent that."
"How?"
"Because the world will know that you are innocent."
She gave a start and looked at him wildly, pleadingly.
"Then you know the real murderer?" she panted.
"If I answer that question, will you become my wife?"