A ray of light pierced the gloom of her outlook, and she stopped crying to ask eagerly: "Is Miss Stukely wrong, then; was he a good man after all?"
"Even supposing he were not what is popularly considered a good man. Even so, what right has this Miss Stukely, or anybody else, to conclude that Lord Byron——"
"Is in hell." Jane-Anne glibly finished the sentence.
"Exactly," said Mr. Wycherly. "What right has she, I say, to assume anything of the kind?"
"But the wicked do go there."
"What about the thief on the cross?" asked Mr. Wycherly.
"But he repented," she answered promptly.
"And how do you, or Miss Stukely, or I, or anyone know that Lord Byron was unrepentant?"
"Then you think it is all right?" she asked anxiously.
"I am sure it is all right," Mr. Wycherly replied confidently.