"Kill whom?"
"Sebastian Melstane!"
"I kill Sebastian Melstane?" she cried, rising quickly, and drawing herself up to her full height. "Who dares to accuse me of such a thing?"
"Judas!"
"That wretch?"
"Yes; but you are innocent; I know you are innocent."
"Why?"
"Because I love you!"
Judith looked down at the man kneeling at her feet with a look of infinite gratitude in her eyes, and passed her hand caressingly over his dishevelled hair.
"Poor boy, how true you are! You are willing to believe in my innocence without my denial."