"The truth. I am no better than a thief. I have stolen the old man's savings and the young girl's fortune, and, unless I marry her, I shall be found out. Did I not tell you I was in the company of a villain when I came in first? Now you believe me."
"And you lied to me when you told me about that money from the Pacific coast? Ten thousand times better madness than this!"
"I did."
"You, Henry, my son, lied to me?"
"Yes."
"Understand my question once for all. When you, Henry Grey, told me, your mother, that the Daneford Bank had been saved by money from the Pacific coast, did you lie to me?"
"I did."
"Then, sir, leave my presence and my house for ever!"
"Mother!"
"Go, sir, at once!"