"My father, sir!"
"Oh, heaven," moaned Donnegan, catching his hands to his breast. "Oh, heaven, forgive us!"
"What the devil is in you?" asked Lord Nick.
The little man stood erect again and his eyes were now on fire.
"You are Henry Nicholas Reardon," he said.
Lord Nick set his teeth.
"Now," he said, "it is certain that you must die!"
But Donnegan cast out his arms and broke into a wild laughter.
"Oh, you fool, you fool!" he cried. "Don't you know me? I am the cripple!"