Dilly. You think so?

Fred. I know it. It’s no use now to mince matters. Harry forged that check to get himself out of a scrape. He will never return.

Dilly. I think he will.

Fred. You have great faith, Dilly.

Dilly. In Harry? Yes. I believe him innocent; and I am sure the day will come when he will stand beneath his father’s roof in the calm, proud consciousness of vindicated innocence.

Fred. You are a brave girl thus to stand by him,—a convicted felon.

Dilly. ’Tis false. He is no felon.

Fred. His flight—

Dilly. Was my act. Would I had never counselled him to it! Had he remained, all would have been made clear.

Fred. Ah, you suspect—