"S'death! What did you?"
"I told her that I loved her, again——"
"Shame! Shame!"
"I took her into my arms once more——"
"Thou double traitor! And she——"
"My lord, condemn her not. She is young—a woman."
"I do not consider Captain Alvarado, a dishonored soldier, my proper mentor. I shall know how to treat my daughter. What more?"
"Nothing more. We abandoned ourselves to our dream, and at the first possible moment I am come to tell you all—to submit——"
"Hast no plea to urge?" persisted the old man.