"Yes, my lord," replied Hawkins.
"And you did not see or hear anything?"
"Nothing."
"You see how it is, Robert."
"If it had been his father," answered the lad, with irrepressible energy, "he would not say so. It was my father, my lord! my father, my father——!"
Robert's voice was choked by a sob. Pale and speechless, he, too, like his sister, lost consciousness. Glenarvan had him carried to his bed, and the child, overcome by emotion, sank into a profound slumber.
"Poor orphans!" said Captain Mangles; "God tries them in a terrible way!"
"Yes," replied Glenarvan, "excessive grief has produced upon both at the same moment a similar effect."
"Upon both!" murmured Paganel. "That is strange!"