"Would that you might do so!"
"I will! Heaven witness my sincerity!"
"Your first act of atonement must be to the lady you have so deeply injured."
"I would be her slave for life!"
"If you are sincere, you will disclose all you know of the wrongs which have been inflicted upon her."
"I fear, for her sake, that my knowledge is too limited to avail anything to her. Maxwell assured me she was his slave, and showed me the bill of sale. I believed him, or he could never have had my help."
"You were too willing to believe him," said the doctor, sternly.
"I told him, at the outset, that I would expose all I knew (which is but little), if I discovered she was not a slave. I will tell you all."
"Let Miss Dumont be called, Jerry."
Emily came at the summons, and Dr. Vaudelier informed her of the position of the matter.